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Dr BRANISLAV RABOTIĆ
is professor at the College of Tourism in Belgrade
where he teaches three subjects:
Travel Agency/Tour Operator Business,
Special Interest Tourism and
Tourist
Guiding. He also runs the specialization course
Management of Tourism Intermediaries.
Education
PhD dissertation titled
Tourist Guiding in Contemporary Tourism successfully
defended on December 24, 2009 at Belgrade's Singidunum University, Department of
Postgraduate Studies (doctoral degree in Economics).
MA degree
at Belgrade University (1982) with a Master's thesis entitled
The Role of
Travel Agencies in the Process of Tourism Development in Yugoslavia .
BA degree at Belgrade
University (1977), Faculty of Tourism Sciences .
Took a special course
and the examination for professional tour guides of Serbia (1975), and holds the
official Guide License issued by the Ministry of Tourism .
Professional experience
Appointed as Director of the Centre for Research and Development
of the College of Tourism (2013).
Appointed as
Professor
at the College of Tourism in
Belgrade (2011).
Appointed as Lecturer
at the College of Tourism in
Belgrade from October 1,
2008.
Created and conducted
a special program of regularly scheduled cultural walking tours of Belgrade,
including Belgrade Fortress Tour
since 06/28/1998 and Old Town of
Belgrade Tour
since 06/26/1999. These heritage interpretation tours, sponsored by the municipality of Old Town, are
conducted to better inform the citizens of Belgrade, especially the
youngsters, about the city's cultural heritage, and to promote a wider interest
for cultural monuments generally.
Founded and managed
for six years the Sun Ways travel agency in Belgrade (1993-1999) .
Taught at Belgrade University (ex
Faculty of Tourism Sciences)
as Assistant Professor (1978-1991).
Employed by the
Yugotours
tour operating company (Outgoing tourism department), 1978.
Traveled frequently
(1975-1992) to various European countries and cities (especially Greece) as a
professional tour manager for various Yugoslav travel agencies .
Wrote for various student newspapers
published in Ljubljana, Skopje, Pristina and Sarajevo as a Belgrade based
correspondent-student journalist (1974-75) .
Academic experience / Contributions
Authored the book Special Interest Tourism,
published in Serbian by the College of Tourism, Belgrade (2012, 2013).
Authored the book Tourist guiding - theory and practice, published in
Serbian by
the College of Tourism, Belgrade
(2011).
Authored the guidebook
Belgrade Fortress, published in English, 2011.
Participated in the
1st Belgrade International Tourism
Conference 'Contemporary Tourism: Wishes & Opportunities' with his paper
The tomb as tourist attraction: The House of Flowers in Belgrade
(March, 2012).
Participated in the
2nd Biennial International Scientific Congress 'The Influence of Tourism on
Economic Development' (Skopje, FRY of Macedonia) with his paper
American
tourists' perceptions of tourist guides in Belgrade (April, 2011).
Participated in the
International
Research Forum on Guided Tours
(Plymouth, UK)
with his paper
Perceptions and Self-perceptions of
Tourist Guides in Serbia
(April, 2011).
Participated
as invited speaker
in the
2010 International Congress 'Regional
Cooperation in Tourism of South-East Europe', Portoroz (Slovenia) with his
lecture Destination management: The role of domicile tourist guiding in the
development of tourist destinations (June, 2010) .
Participated in the
2010 International Congress
'Tourism and Hospitality Industry 2010: New Trends in Tourism and Hospitality
Management', Opatija (Croatia) with his paper Tourist Guides in the 21st
century: The Role of Interpretation in the Construction of Tourist Experiences
(May, 2010).
Participated in the
2010 International Conference
'Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates and Challenges'', Heraklion & Santorini
(Greece) with his paper Tourist Guiding From the Perspective of Sustainable
Tourism (April, 2010).
Participated in the
2010 International Conference
'Tourism and Environment', Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) with his paper
The Role of the Tourist Guide in Contemporary Tourism (March, 2010).
Participated in the
2009 International Conference
'Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism', Istanbul (Turkey) with his
paper The Creative Role of Tourist Guiding (November, 2009).
Participated in the
2008 International Conference on Culture and Event Tourism: Issues & Debates,
Alanya (Turkey) with his paper
Tourist Guides as
Cultural Heritage Interpreters: Belgrade Experience with
Municipality-sponsored Guided Walks for Local Residents
(November 2008).
Participated in the Third Biennial International Congress HOTELPLAN
2007 (Congress Session: Education, Informatics and Communication) with his paper
Tourist Guides as Mediators in Cultural Tourism, Belgrade, November
23/254.
Engaged in the project "Education of the
labor force in tourism: Travel Agency Operations; Tourist Destination
Management" (sponsored by Ministry of
Trade, Tourism and
Services and organized by
the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management)
with a series of lectures on
the themes:
Tourist Guides: Potential for
Improving the Quality of Serbia's Tourism Offer
and Tourist
Guiding and
the Destination -
Visitors
interaction
(March-October 2007).
Authored the guidebook
Belgrade Fortress in Your Hands, published in Serbian 2006.
Appointed by Ministry of
Trade, Tourism and Services ( 2006)
as lecturer
in the course for candidates applying for licenses as tourist guides at the
Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management (Singidunum University, Belgrade), for
the subject Tourist Guiding: Skills and Practices.
Engaged in various research projects at the Institute for Tourism, Belgrade
University to study the organization and promotion of tourism and tourist trade
practices
(1978-1991).
Languages
Serbian,
English, Greek, Russian, basic French and German.
Awards
2005
TOURIST FLOWER AWARD
for Excellence in Tourism (The
award is given by National Tourism Organization of Serbia).
More on the Web
B. Rabotic's LinkedIn profile
COLLEGE OF TOURISM, Belgrade
B. Rabotic is member of the Organizing committee of
the 1st Belgrade International
Tourism Conference
Tourist guide & Heritage interpreter in Belgrade
Belgrade Sightseeing
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