OeAD Scholars Talk: From Tbilisi to Vienna
Lela Khartishvili from Georgia will present her PhD research on community-based tourism development in the mountain regions of Georgia and Armenia. The talk will include the proposal writing process, data collection during her field research, as well as the writing and publication process.
Lela Khartishvili is an APPEAR scholarship holder and a PhD student at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). Lela graduated from the Faculty of Geography of Tbilisi State University and began her professional career working in tourism institutions and rural development agencies in Georgia. She participated as a national tourism consultant in various international projects, and also created her own company THE GEORGIAN. In addition, Lela published an annual magazine on tourism and trade. In 2017 she was nominated within the APPEAR project CaucaSusT for a PhD scholarship.
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