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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><em><strong>Welcome to the MOOC on Ecotourism and Nature-Based Tourism in Uzbekistan!</strong></em></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em><strong>Learning Objectives consists of:</strong></em></p>
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<li>To understand the key principles of sustainable development through tourism and the role of ecotourism. </li>
<li>To deliver information on nature-based ecotourism destinations in Uzbekistan (Interpretation and storytelling)</li>
<li>To equip learners with the main elements of marketing/management of ecotourism.</li>
<li>To understand the market and marketing of ecotourism conditions in Uzbekistan</li>
<li>Introduce students to the natural history/environmental issues facing sites in Uzbekistan<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em><strong>Acknowledgement - </strong></em>This MOOC is a product of the grant “MOOC for the Development of Ecotourism in Uzbekistan” provided by American Councils. The grant is administered by Purdue University (U.S.) in partnership with Urgench State University (Uzbekistan). Project team: prof.Jonathon Day, Olimjon Saidmamatov, prof.Umidjon Matyakubov, prof.Inna Rudenko. Special thanks to Mr.Vitaly Nagornov, (CAWEP program of the World Bank) for supporting the technical aspects of the MOOC development. The MOOC developed by Dr.Jonathon Howard (Charles Sturt University) was helpful to build the design and content of the course. The project team delivers sincere gratitude to the sponsors and all partners!</p>
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