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III International Economic Forum «The City of the Future» was held in Togliatti

8 December 2014

December 4-5, 2014, sport complex Olymp in Togliatti was held the International Forum The City of the Future. This event was organized by the Office of the Mayor of Togliatti with the support of the Government of Samara Oblast.

Traditionally, the Forum The City of the Future provided a ground for public discussion on actual issues of the city economic development. The main feature of the Forum that it gives an opportunity to share the experience with international experts in various academic fields.

This year the key points of the Forum were the attraction of investments, tourism development, youth entrepreneurship, urban spaces and etc.

Tourism development was among the main themes and several round tables and thematic sections were organized. Within two days the participants of the Forum have been presented their tourism projects, and discussed the issues of tourism development in Togliatti and the Samara region.

On the 4^th December, the special round tables were organized to gather invited experts of tourism industry from Bulgaria and Italy.

The Bulgarian delegation has prepared a fascinating presentation about the unique conditions for vacations at the European famous resort Albena. During the presentation, representatives of travel agencies of Togliatti got acquainted with the infrastructure of the resort and the international children summer camp Brigantine in Bulgaria.

The next roundtable discussion on agrotourism was held in the hotel complex Rancho. The delegation from Piacenza (Italy) presented an agrotourism complex of the Emilia-Romagna region and discussed the main problems and prospects of the agrotourism development in the Samara region. The participants of the roundtable tasted the eco-products from local producers.

The representatives of the major companies from Togliatti and the mayor discussed the issues of industrial tourism in the city.

Tourism in Togliatti was one of the largest expositions on Forum. The visitors got acquainted with the main directions of event tourism in the Samara region and Togliatti. In addition, there was a part of exhibition of Fabien Bellat, who is a well-known French specialist in the history of architecture and art.

On the final day of the Forum, as the outcome of the main thematic sections the resolution was prepared by Russian and foreign experts in the fields of economy, culture, architecture and tourism. It concentrated recommendations for the development of the modern concept of urban space.