As a member of the World Tourism Organization under the United Nations, the University of Tourism and Management marked the World Tourism Day today with an appropriate event at the Marriott Hotel in Skopje. In addition to the management team of the hotel, professors and students from the University, as well as professors and students from SUGS "Lazar Tanev" participated in the event.

In the welcoming addresses to the guests, the dean of the Faculty of UTMS, Sashko Gramatnikovski, and the general director of Marriott Skopje, Mr. Ouz Erujgun, expressed their mutual gratitude for the long-term cooperation, especially in the educational process of the students, who after the practical work in the hotel and after the completion of the faculty often end up as successful hotel employees.

World Tourism Day, September 27, is the day when the statute of the World Tourism Organization was adopted in 1970. In his address to the guests on the occasion of this day, prof. Dr. Dejan Nakovski emphasized that this year's observance of the day is dedicated to the rethinking of tourism - so that it meets the new needs of tourists that resulted from the global health crisis, which fundamentally changed the world. The new goals for the development of tourism should have people at the center, they should create new jobs, they should demonstrate care for the planet earth and encourage local economic development.

The University of Tourism and Management in Skopje was presented to the guests by Mr. Goran Apostolovski, a doctoral student and one of the University's first generation students, who highlighted its advantages: an internationally recognized diploma, a unique work methodology developed under the mentorship of the renowned University of Rijeka , objectivity in assessment, connection of theory and practice during study, recognized quality confirmed through many recognitions from domestic and international institutions. The University of Tourism and Management in Skopje is also the only member from Macedonia in the world tourism organization, from which it received a diploma for quality in education (TedQual) in 2013.