Vidzeme Tourism Association celebrates 15 years!
On December 11, 2012 in guest house "Laimes Ligzda" near Cēsis, Vidzeme Tourism Association celebrated its 15th anniversary. The event was attended by VTAs' members - entrepreneurs, municipalities, Vidzeme University College, representatives from Tourism Development State Agency, the founders of VTA and others, who had contributed to the development of VTA throughout history.
Vidzeme Tourism Association was founded as a public organisation in 1997. The main aim of Vidzeme Tourism Association is to bring together people, governmental institutions and businesses working in tourism sector in order to collectively advertise and promote Vidzeme region, as well as to allocate financial resources from the state for tourism development. As of August 2012 Vidzemes Tourism Association has about 100 members, both, local municipalities (27, as of Dec. 2012), private entrepreneurs and educational institutions of Vidzeme.
Photo: Guna Bērziņa