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(Some services offered in this program are provided in cooperation with reliable local tour operators and travel agencies).
Branko Rabotic is a
regular member of the Tourist Guides Association of Serbia (UTVS).
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
Created and conducts (with his colleague) 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);
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.
Authored the guidebook "Belgrade Fortress in Your Hands", published in Serbian 2006.
Appointed by Ministry of
Trade, Tourism and Services ( 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. Authored the
preliminary feasibility study prior to the establishment of the "Jugopetrol"
travel agency in 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); 4 | Awards
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
SIGHTSEEING / BRANKO RABOTIC, MA
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