The
Centre for Tourism Studies/Travel Development Centre, Finland Ltd. is the
largest specialist centre for research, development, strategic planning, product
development, marketing, training and consulting in the field of tourism in
Finland.
The Centre for Tourism Studies (CTS) was
founded in Savonlinna in 1986. Today CTS has four regional units in Finland.
Travel Development Centre Finland Ltd. (TDCF) was founded in 1992 and is fully
owned by the CTS.
The Centre has carried out several
hundred research and developments
projects and training courses
for both private and public sectors. The clients of CTS/TDCF include different
Ministries, provinces, cities, towns, municipalities as well as tourism
organisations and enterprises more and more in international
level.
In 1992 the Centre established the Travel
Development Centre Estonia Ltd. in Parnu, Estonia as a joint venture with the
city of Parnu for the coordination of all Baltic projects. In 1994 the Baltic
Tourism Information Centre was opened in connection with the Helsinki
unit.
In Russia, in areas close to Finland (Murmansk
region, the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad and St. Petersburg regions) the
Travel Development Centre has carried out numerous tourism development
(masterplan), research or training programs since
1990. In addition, the centre is starting tourism
development projects in other parts of Russia: in the Autonomous District of
Nenetsia, in the Republic of Bashkirtostan and in Nizhni Novgorod Region. Also
in China the Centre has three different tourism development projects (in Anhui
Province, in Beijing and in the Tumen River Area).
The Centre has been a member of the World Tourism Organisation since
1994. In 1995 it was registered in the European Commission Consultants Database
for DG XXIII and in the Phare/Tacis Central Consultancy
Register.
Knowing is
Future
Training and research will be a key
position in the future. Only those who are well-informed will succeed. And only
those who are well-informed about the future will continue to succeed
tomorrow.
Business Idea
The brief of the Travel Development Centre is to act as an international
centre for information and know-how in the travel industry. The Travel
Development Centre is fully owned by the Centre for Tourism Studies and is the
parent company for its foreign subsidiaries.
Thus
the Travel Development Centre