Altai State Technical University joined the partners-participants of the project of the Russian and European universities “Tourism lifelong learning network”. It involves the creation of the network of resource centres for tourism in the Russian regions.

The project was supported by the Tempus international grant program (European Commission). The experts develop educational programs in the field of tourism and hospitality. Barnaul, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Ivanovo will host the new resource centres of the tourism industry that will deal with training and skills development of the tourism industry personnel, consulting the representatives of government agencies and travel industry, conducting scientific research in the field of tourism development.