ENTER2010, the 17th International Federation of IT in Travel and Tourism conference, held at Lugano, Switzerland on Feb 10-12. Participating in this conference provided me opportunity to meet experts from academics, industry, destination managers and to gain updated knowledge and information in E-Tourism through dialogue. The conference also offers great opportunity to develop social networking and exchange research idea.
Getting to Lugano, we took flight from New York to Milan Airport and stayed in Milan for first two days in our trip. It was our first time to visit Europe. We also took the opportunity to visit several tourism destinations in Milan city.
Milan Central station
The first tourism spot we visited is Milan Central station, a historical building with modern intern facility. We also took train from central station to Lugaon, Switzerland.
Milan Cathedral
The second tourist spot is Milan Cathedral, one of the greatest churches in the world. Tourists are allowed to visit the roof that offer a chance to view some spectacular sculpture but we did not have a chance to go on the roof.
Castello Sforzesco
Sforza Castle, a very well kept castle. Now it houses several of the city's museums and art collections.
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), the host of ENTER 2010 Conference, is a multilingual university and lectures are given in both Italian and English. It is also only one Italian speaking school outside the Italy.
Our presentation on Feb 11th in the auditorium of University of Lugano.
Our first day in the conference. The ENTER 2010 used twitter and Flicker to provider updated information and image about the conference.
On our way back to Milan, we visited a very popular tourist attraction, Lake Como which is also popular retreat for wealthy people. Currently, many celebrities have real estate on the shore of Lake Como like George Clooney.
Bellagio
We took a boat to visit Bellagio, a small town located in the intersection of three branches of Y shape of Lake Como. We enjoy the beautiful and wonderful view on the way to Bellagio.
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