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Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
About Ryszard Kotla
- Ryszard Kotla (born 30 March 1947, in Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish travel writer, tour guide, activist, journalist, academic teacher and lifeguard instructor at the Polish Life Saving Association.
- He is an electrical engineer by education, but is considered to be a leading expert on the history and tourism in Szczecin and the region of Western Pomerania.
- He is the brother of Zdzislaw Kotla and the father of Pavel Kotla. Kotla is a graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Szczecin University of Technology (1974), post-graduate engineering courses at Poznan University of Technology (1981) and Gdansk University of Technology (1982), as well as museum and antique preservation studies at Wroclaw University of Technology (1990).
- He also studied at the French Institute of Management Studies (École Centrale Paris/Szczecin University - 1996). He was the president of the West-Pomeranian Division and a member of the General Council of Polish Tourist-Sightseeing Society (PTTK); a member of the managing board of the West-Pomeranian Chamber of Tourism; the president of the State Examination Commission for the Tourist Guides of West Pomeranian Voivodeship; a member of the State Examination Commission for the Tour Supervisors and of the West-Pomeranian Tourist Council of West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
- An academic teacher at Szczecin University, Szczecin University of Agriculture, The West Pomeranian Business School, Szczecin Educational Centre; a journalist at TVP3 Szczecin and Polish Radio Szczecin; co-author of The Strategy of the Development of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship until year 2015; the author of The Opportunities for the Development of Tourism in Szczecin, The Tourist Policy in Szczecin etc.; the author of over 20 guide books, albums, folders, information leaflets about Szczecin and Western Pomerania; a member of the Polish Association of Art Historians and the Polish Association for the History of Technology.
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