Ksenija KEČA is a senior lecturer at Libertas International University Zagreb and Head of the International Relations Office.  She is also a tourism expert focusing on tourism policy and development, tourism planning, promotion, cultural tourism and tourism economics. She participated and was  project coordinator of many EU projects and wrote many research papers and textbooks in the field of tourism and development. She is a member of  Scientific Committee of the Phoenicians ́ Route – Council of Europe ; President of MultiCulTour Association of Mediterranean Cultural Routes; Member of Scientific Council for Tourism at Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Independent expert for Cultural Routes Council of Europe.