Tourist information centre at Polotsk State University was opened on March 1, 2018 in the presence of Rector D. Lazovsky, Vice-rectors, Heads of the Departments.
The centre staff told their first visitors about basic stages of the innovative project implementation and about some prospects of using this unit for the development of excursion and tourist services at the University.
The participants of the event had a look at the souvenir products which will be purchased in the tourist centre shop. The souvenir products were designed by the centre staff and M. Mukhomorova (a designer at the Editing and Publishing Department of PSU). The original images of Polotsk and Polotsk college sights have been used for the souvenir collection.
The tourist centre staff also demonstrated the studio for excursion-photoshoots in historical costumes which represent clothes collections of the privileged class of the 12th and 14th centuries. The costumes are designed by the students and lecturers at the Department of Technology and Methods of Teaching.
All the guests of the event were also invited to a creative workshop of the Centre. The staff has demonstrated how the excursions and master classes will be carried out. The certificate with D. Lazovsky’s signature, affixed a seal with the image of the University emblem has been made in order to mark the tourist information centre opening.
At the end of the opening ceremony the guests wished the Centre the development and prosperity. They also expressed their confidence that University guests, tourists and excursion groups, who come to Polotsk, will visit the Polotsk campus and buy souvenirs in the Tourist Information Centre at Polotsk State University.