On September 24 and 25, 2008 the 1st International Conference to promote cruise tourism will be held in Odessa, Ukraine. The ‘BlackSeaCruise 2008’ conference has been organized by the Odessa Commercial Sea Port, the ‘Ports of Ukraine’ Publishing House, the Center for Information and Analytics ‘BlackSeaTrans’, and the International Black and Azov Seas Port Association (BASPA).
This unique tourism conference will be covered by the international mass media and representative of the port authorities and passenger terminals from the countries that surround the Black Sea will be in attendance. The conference is a collaborative effort of all of the port cities that are located on the Black Sea and their respective governments. Maritime agencies, tourist companies, and information agencies will also be at the conference to pass along information regarding the tourism initiative to attendees.
The conference is being in held just in time for the nations to discuss how the 2012 European Football Championships and 2014 Winter Olympic Games can be served by the nations located in the Black Sea region. The Football Championships will be held in Ukraine while the Olympics are slated to be held in Sochi, Russia. Organizations that are attending the conference will discuss how the two events will cause a shift in cruise shipping and passenger carriage development on the Black Sea.
Project development and analysis for a Black Sea cruise market before and after the future events will also be discussed at the conference. The countries that will be the most affected by the development include Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and Turkey. The conference is geared towards improving the entire infrastructure of the tourism trade in the entire region.
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