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I
recommend getting in touch with Branko Rabotic, a well known local tour
guide. Branko offers all sorts of fascinating tours, and there's really
no substitute for having a local show you round and tell you about the
history, recent times etc. Have a browse. When you listen to Branko it
makes you think how such a cultured and intelligent man could have been
produced by (in media eyes) a violent society.
Lonely
Planet, Thorn Tree Forum,
posted by John75: 10/21/2002
With
Branko, I had the expertise of an experienced guide, the hospitality
of a true Belgradian and the dedication of a sudden friend. He
is the right guy for Belgrade!
J. Sampaio, Portugal, 06/01/2003
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Belgrade Sightseeing
is a specialized and personalized Web-based
reservation service for tour guide and other travel related services in
Belgrade & Serbia. It aims to help all visitors to Belgrade, but especially
individual travelers by providing them with various travel services on the
spot. The program has been carefully designed and launched by Mr. Branko
Rabotic MA, one of the most experienced and highly-educated tourist guides and
heritage interpreters in
Belgrade. He is officially-licensed and has an extensive background as a travel
agent.
(Some services offered
in this program are provided in cooperation with reliable local tour
operators and travel agencies).
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Personal
Data: BRANKO RABOTIC, PhD |
Branko Rabotic is a
regular member of the Tourist Guides Association of Serbia (UTVS).
He guides in English, Greek and Serbian and is currently
based in Belgrade
1 | Education
PhD dissertation titled "Tourist
Guiding in Contemporary Tourism" successfully defended on
December 24, 2009 at Belgrade's
Singidunum University, Department of Postgraduate Studies (see
photo);
MA degree
at Belgrade University (1982) with a Master's thesis entitled "The Role of
Travel Agencies in the Process of Tourism Development in Yugoslavia";
BA degree at Belgrade
University (1977), Faculty of Tourism Sciences;
Took a special course and
the examination for professional tour guides of Serbia (1975), and holds
the
official Guide License issued by the Ministry of Tourism;
2 | Professional experience
Created (with his
colleague) and conducts
a special program of regularly scheduled cultural walking tours of Belgrade,
including a BELGRADE FORTRESS tour since 06/28/1998 and an OLD TOWN OF BELGRADE tour
since 06/26/1999. These tours, sponsored by the municipality of Old Town, are
conducted to better inform the citizens of Belgrade, especially the
youngsters, about the city's cultural heritage, and to promote a wider interest
for cultural monuments generally.
Initiated and conducted a cultural tour of Yugoslav tourists to
Lebanon, the first one after the civil war in that country (1997);
Founded and managed for six years
the "Sun
Ways" travel agency in Belgrade,
specializing in Greek destinations (Athens Cultural Tour, Archaeological
& Classical tours, Island hopping
etc) 1993-1999;
Employed by the "Yugotours" tour operating
company (Outgoing tourism department),
1978;
Traveled frequently
(1975-1992) to various European countries
and cities (especially Greece) as a professional tour manager for various Yugoslav travel
agencies;
Conducted and guided, as a freelancer, numerous
groups from Soviet Union on a "Grand tour of Yugoslavia" (1975-76);
Wrote for various student newspapers
published in Ljubljana, Skopje, Pristina and Sarajevo as a Belgrade based correspondent-journalist (1974-75);
3 | Academic experience / Contributions
Participated
as invited speaker
in the
2010 International Congress ' Regional
Cooperation in Tourism of South-East Europe', Portoroz (Slovenia) with his
lecture: Destination management: The role of domicile tourist guiding in the
development of tourist destinations (June, 2010);
Participated in the
2010 International Congress
'Tourism and Hospitality Industry 2010: New Trends in Tourism and Hospitality
Management', Opatija (Croatia) with his paper: Tourist Guides in the 21st
century: The Role of Interpretation in the Construction of Tourist Experiences
(May, 2010).
Participated in the
2010 International Conference
'Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates and Challenges'', Heraklion & Santorini
(Greece) with his paper: Tourist Guiding From the Perspective of Sustainable
Tourism (April, 2010).
Participated in the
2010 International Conference
'Tourism and Environment', Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) with his paper:
The Role of the Tourist Guide in Contemporary Tourism (March, 2010).
READ
THE PAPER
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Participated in the
2009 International Conference
'Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism', Istanbul (Turkey) with his
paper: The Creative Role of Tourist Guiding (November, 2009).
Participated in the
2008 International Conference on Culture and Event Tourism: Issues & Debates,
Alanya (Turkey) with his paper:
Tourist Guides as Cultural Heritage Interpreters: Belgrade Experience with
Municipality-sponsored Guided Walks for Local Residents
(November 2008).
READ THE PAPER
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Appointed as Lecturer in The Business of Travel
Agency at the Belgrade College of Tourism from October 1,
2008.
Participated in the Third Biennial International Congress HOTELPLAN 2007 (Congress Session: Education, Informatics and
Communication) with his paper: Tourist Guides as Mediators in Cultural Tourism, Belgrade, November
23/254.
Engaged in the project "Education of the
labor force in tourism: Travel Agency Operations; Tourist Destination
Management" (sponsored by Ministry of
Trade, Tourism and
Services and organized by
the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management)
with a series of lectures on
the themes:
Tourist Guides: Potential for
Improving the Quality of Serbia's Tourism Offer
and Tourist
Guiding and the Destination -
Visitors
interaction
(March-October 2007);
Authored the guidebook
"Belgrade Fortress in Your Hands", published in Serbian 2006.
Appointed by Ministry of
Trade, Tourism and Services (2006)
as lecturer
in the course for candidates applying for licenses as tourist guides at the
Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management (Singidunum University, Belgrade), for
the subject “Tourist Guiding: Skills and Practices”
Taught
at Belgrade University as Assistant Professor (1978-1991). Main subjects
included: tour operators and travel agency operations, travel
and tour arrangements, travel and tourism marketing;
Authored and
co-authored tourism-related articles and publications.
Engaged in various research projects at the Institute for Tourism, Belgrade
University to study the organization and promotion of tourism and tourist trade
practices;
Authored the
preliminary feasibility study prior to the establishment of the "Jugopetrol"
travel agency in
Belgrade (1989);
Gave additional lectures on 'Travel agency operations' and examined candidates,
applying for licenses as tourist guides (1978-1989);
Visited Greece
(Athens and Rhodes) to
participate in a bilateral program for tourism researchers and professional
exchange, sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Coordination (1980);
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2005
TOURIST FLOWER AWARD
for Excellence in Tourism
in the
Tourist Guides category (The
award is given by
National Tourism Organization of Serbia).
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BELGRADE: THE BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE
ABOUT OUR SERVICE:
"Belgrade Sightseeing is a tourist service headed by Branko Rabotic, a
licensed guide who speaks English, Serbian and Greek. Mr. Rabotic is
very knowledgeable about Belgrade's history and organises a range of
private tours and city walks, as well as multi-day excursions further
into the Serbian countryside....
(December, 2005)
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SERBIA: THE BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE
ABOUT OUR SERVICE:
"Belgrade Sightseeing is a tour guide service run by Branko Rabotic, a
Belgrade-based polymath, who offers a wide range of year-round itineraries, from
a three-hour walking tour of the capital to a week-long monastery tour of
central Serbia...
Belgrade Sightseeing provides an efficiently run tourist service...
Mr. Rabotic is an experienced and knowledgeable guide... He hosts an
informative website...
(March, 2005)
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER ('Belgrade Rising' by Amy Alipio)
As Belgrade's local guide, Mr. Branko Rabotic is quoted in the world's most
widely read travel magazine - Volume 19, Number 5, July-August, 2002
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IN
YOUR POCKET CITY GUIDES BELGRADE ON-LINE GUIDE
ABOUT OUR SERVICE:
"Mr. Branko Rabotic is somewhat of a local legend in
the tourist industry, offering different walking/car/bus tours of Belgrade or
other parts of Yugoslavia (the monasteries, Vojvodina, Topola/Oplenac), as well
as upkeeping a good website about Belgrade. Tours are conducted in English,
Greek and Serbian..."
(February, 2002)
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BELGRADE SIGHTSEEING /
BRANKO RABOTIC PhD
Phone/fax: (++38111) 386.11.53, GSM: (++38163) 854.26.48
(Calls to GSM from inside Serbia: 063 854.26.48)
E mail: rabotic@EUnet.rs URL:
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