Conference on empowering cultural tourism in BiH held in Sarajevo.

"Cultural diversity - the common heritage of humanity" is the title of the international conference that is being held today in Sarajevo, with the official launch of the network "Strengthening capacities for changes in tourism in the Western Balkans: building competencies for quality heritage management and cultural tourism - CulturWB ".

The European Union declared 2018 the European Year of Heritage, and the aim is, as the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to BiH Khaldoun Sinno said, promotion and discovery of different forms of common heritage and the emphasis on these important characteristics that create the identity of a society.

'This is the year of European Cultural Heritage, and BiH is part of this community, a part of European identity, which is common but diverse. We are trying to emphasize the fact that we are all part of one European family in all its diversity,' Sinno said in a statement for the press.

The conference, as he explained, gathered in one place all cultural and tourism stakeholders from BiH, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece to exchange ideas, positive experiences and develop a network of cooperation - CulturWB.

Strengthening infrastructure in the field of cultural tourism is one of the priorities of the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the secretary of that ministry Biljana Camur-Veselinovic pointed to the example of good practice in BiH - the town of Konjic, which, together with Sarajevo, Bihac, Mostar and ViA!egrad, tourism is developing rapidly.

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