On May 29 2013, the UNDP Black Sea Trade and Investment Promotion Program is organizing the “Black Sea Discovery: Exciting Cruise Destinations on the Black Sea”, in Athens, Greece. The event is organized in the framework of the Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, and in co-operation with the respective ministries and the Posidonia Forum organisers.
The primary objective of the Forum is to provide a venue for cruise ships representatives, tour operators and three particular Black Sea commercial sea ports to:
network, collaborate and set business linkages in cross-country level
identify new and attractive destinations for cruise ships
The panel organised by the UNDP will be divided as follows:
Expert panel representing the latest research on Black Sea regional attraction for cruise ships – regional concept, individual approach.
Presentations from three destinations: Sochi (Russia), Trabzon (Turkey), Constanta (Romania) of the respective:
Seaport authority;
The main tour operator;
Face2Face meetings between the respective Black sea commercial sea port, tour operators and cruise ship representatives.
