Travel agent association plans to train over 1,000 new tour guides, hospitality workers

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Put up/Asia Information Community): The Cambodia Affiliation of Journey Brokers (CATA) ran a two-month coaching session on tourism and hospitality expertise for greater than 1,000 tour guides, journey company workers members and hospitality employees in Siem Reap.

CATA president Chhay Sivlin stated on the opening of the coaching session on Aug 19 that it was designed to strengthen present expertise and assist workers who’re working in tourism or have misplaced their jobs within the tourism and hospitality trade as a way to assist them recuperate within the post-pandemic interval.

She added that the coaching was run in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and CATA with the technical assist of ATP Consultants and CHT and funded by the Ministry of Financial system and Finance by way of the abilities improvement fund.

She continued that the session was for 49 trainers who shall be educated by ATP Consultants and that they’ll go on to coach greater than 1,000 different hospitality employees from August to October.

On the opening occasion, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon complimented the efforts of CATA to create this capability constructing course to answer present points within the trade.

“It’s true that the Covid-19 disaster has left many tourism specialists out of a job. So it’s mandatory that we should always strengthen their expertise once more after their lengthy break through the pandemic and low season,” he stated.