EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON TOURISM AND TRADE | EUROPEAN TOURISM ACADEMY | WORLD TOURISM | TOURISM JOURNAL WORLD`S BEST TOURIST DESTINATION AWARD | WORLD CAPITAL OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
ACADEMICIAN PROFESSOR DR. ANTON CARAGEA IS THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON TOURISM AND TRADE AND EUROPEAN TOURISM ACADEMY.
HIS LEADERSHIP OF WORLD TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT WAS DESCRIBED AS INSPIRATIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIVE INSTILLING A NEW POWER AND CREATING A NEW GLOBAL AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS BASED ON CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TOURISM.
Professor Dr. Anton Caragea is recognised for his enduring work as human development expert, diplomat, historian and has received the title of AMBASSADOR for his work for natural preservation and creation and management of ecological preserves.
He is Doctor in History and International Relations and in addition to these had also received more than 30 honorary degrees as Doctor honoris Causa, Professor Honoris Causa for his global educational and development work.
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H.E. PROFESSOR DR. ANTON CARAGEA
PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON TOURISM AND TRADE
PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN TOURISM ACADEMY
"PRESIDENT OF DJIBOUTI H.E. ACADEMICIAN ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH ABOUT PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA
Academician Ismail Omar Guelleh express his gratitude on behalf of people and Government of Djibouti for the official visit of Professor Dr. Anton Caragea in the country of the Horn of Africa and for the entire support offered to the state of Djibouti in the areas of asserting the country influence in the fields of diplomacy, culture and tourism."
- President Academician Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti
"NATIONAL ORDER FOR PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA
This decoration comes in recognition a lifetime achievements of President professor Dr. Anton Caragea in developing world tourism, promoting culture and traditions amalgamated in the XXI century diplomacy, in promoting democracy and freedom and in the defense of peace on global arena ."
- Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti
"MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA
I wish to express my gratitude and appreciation to Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, President of the European Council on Tourism and Trade and his colleagues for the decision to award this meaningful status to Phnom Penh capital that help promote further tourism and tourism development in Cambodia (...)
Today, Cambodia is honored again on the occasion Phnom Penh is awarded “World Capital of Tourism and Culture” and my appointment “the Global Ambassador for Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals 2030.”(...)
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the European Council on Tourism and Trade for supporting Cambodia andelecting Cambodia as “World Best Tourist Destination” in 2016.
I wish Professor Dr. Anton Caragea and all participants the four gems of Buddha’s blessings Longevity, Nobility, Healthiness and Strength."
- Academician HUN SEN, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia-Samdeck Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo
" MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA
I would like to voice my special thanks to the European Council on Tourism and Trade and Dr. Anton Caragea, as the President for awarding Cambodia the Awards of World Best Tourist Destination for 2016 and Favorite Cultural Destination for 2016 and to the European Tourism Academy for unanimously electing Samdech Techo Prime Minister as an Honorary Member of the European Tourism Academy.
On behalf of the Ministry of Tourism, I would like to deeply thank H.E. Dr. Prof. Anton Caragea, President of the European Council on Tourism and Trade, and his colleagues for awarding the awards of “Cambodia-World Best Tourist Destination for 2016, and Cambodia-Favorite Cultural Destination for 2016”, and the European Tourism Academy through Dr. Mircea Constantinescu, President of the European Tourism Academy for unanimously electing Samdech Techo Prime Minister as an Honorary Member of the European Tourism Academy.
We strongly believe that in the name of an honorary member of the European Tourism Academy, Cambodian tourism will be well-developed and more European tourists will make their visits to Cambodia, benefiting the socio-economic development in a sustainable manner."
- Academician Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism of Kingdom of Cambodia
"PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE H.E. ROBERT MUGABE ABOUT PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR MAGNANIMITY!
Thank you to you to President of European Council on Tourism and Trade-ECTT for these awards.
We should thank you for your magnanimity, I say magnanimity because at this juncture, during this time, at this time.
When others are thinking at punishing us more, you are thinking of making us more a friend than enemy. We are thanking you; we are exuding with friendship and love for others who equally may exude with love and friendship to us.
It is that interaction of love, love of nations, and love of people that we in Zimbabwe we want to work for.
Let me conclude by saying that I ‘am greatly enthusiastic and appreciative and full of pride for all the decision taken by European Council on Tourism and Trade (ECTT) to give this awards to Zimbabwe."
- President of Zimbabwe and African Liberation Hero H.E. Robert Gabriel Mugabe
"H.M. KING NORODOM SIHAMONI ABOUT PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA
On July 15th 2016, the Royal Government of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia had proclaimed that on: the virtue of his constitutional prerogatives had approved the appointment of His Excellency Professor Dr. Anton Caragea as Kingdom first global ambassador.
The role of the Ambassador office will be to contribute to promoting cultural and tourism profile of the Kingdom, with all the rights, prerogatives and obligations conferred upon the role of Ambassador.
The appointment come in well deserved recognition of the cultural and tourism world level promotion activities implemented with outstanding success by H.E. Professor Dr. Anton Caragea."
- H.M. KING NORODOM SIHAMONI of Kingdom of Cambodia
"EUROPEAN AWARD FOR DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS FOR PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA
On 21 March 2014 Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, President of European Council on Tourism and Trade received on behalf of a European Union delegation of parliamentarians the EUROPEAN AWARD FOR DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2014.
The parliamentarian committee had decided to award him for his key role in promoting European unity, in creating efficient and real democratic oriented organizations that are offering today world models of activity and for his instrumental role in carving a new image of Europe in the world."
- European Diplomatic Committee