The American Embassy here announced today the signing of an agreement on a project to improve Israel’s tourist industry. The project will provide courses in hotel management, tour planning, food preparation, catering and publicity.
The United States Operations Mission will provide the funds for the courses, which will be directed by a group of experts from the United States during 1960 and 1961. Tourism is Israel’s second largest net foreign currency producer, with a return of more than $12, 000, 000 to Israel in 1958.
The USOM also announced the arrival here of Dr. Richard Cook, chief of the sound section of the United States Bureau of Standards. Dr. Cook will assist Israel’s Standards Institute in establishing acoustical laboratory to test certain types of metals during a three-month stay.
At a USOM ceremony, John Haggerty, head of the Mission, announced that 420 Israel experts have received training in the United States under USOM auspices. He disclosed this in awarding achievement certificates to seven more Israel experts who have returned from their training periods in the United States. He stressed the importance of training experts overseas.
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