INSTITUTE FOR ANALYSES AND FORECASTS OF THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT IN TOURISM (IAFIET)

A new basic scientific unit that carries out scientific research in the field of tourism, based on preserved sources of information, representing informational resources of tourism, artifacts and non-tangible cultural values. The Institute provides the creation of the informational environment in the field of tourism and is a platform which helps the preparation of analyzes and forecasts in the administration of the cultural organizational, management and executive structures. The institute will operate within the university and with the assistance of other educational structures in the sphere of tourism, as well as various cultural and business entities. It aims at building and developing a compatible information and communications network for identification and modeling of the diversity of tourism in Bulgaria and to expand the research in the field, as well as to develop a number of innovations oriented towards the market economy.