Safadi foundation promotes responsible tourism in Tripoli

For the fourth consecutive week, the Safadi Cultural Foundation organized yesterday the 4th cultural session entitled ‘responsible tourism’ as part of the ‘Culture for All’ program. The event was held in the presence of the dean of the school of tourism at Manar University in the northern capital, Dr. Iman Baba and a number of field specialists. The director general of the Foundation, Samira Baghdi underlined the importance of promoting culture among the various components of society and reinstating the city on the national cultural map. This, Baghadi maintained can be facilitated through the esprit de corps of all human resources. For her part, Baba expounded the tourism dossier in all its aspects, starting with a brief definition and points of strength of the sector in general, followed by an outline of the negative influences that can be caused by tourism in any community. Baba then pointed out to ‘responsible tourism’ and so termed responsible traveler or tourist. To close, Baba devoted a segment to the fundamentals of a successful tourism targeting Tripoli and the role of higher education institutions and colleges in the preparation of specialised personnel. (Al Mustaqbal, November 17, 2016)