Kiril Kaloyanov is Secretary of BAAT – Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism, a non–profit organization working at national level in the field of rural and ecotourism. It aims at sustainable development and improvements to rural tourism product and infrastructure quality by effectively supporting each initiative in the field. BAAT has a significant experience in the field of training in rural tourism (more than 37 trainings, over 630 participants), especially in quality management for small-scaled tourism businesses in rural and mountain areas. BAAT started implementing a promotion and marketing tool – Green Lodge Certificate – in 2008, according to Eurogites and ECEAT quality criteria. Supporting the quality improvement in rural tourism, BAAT edited practical educational materials for entrepreneurs; and published over 40 articles on different topics related to education and quality management in tourism.
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