KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – United Nations World Tourism Group (UNWTO) Secretary-Normal Zurab Pololikashvili will take part within the extremely anticipated second International Tourism Resilience Convention to be held within the western metropolis of Montego Bay subsequent week.
The 2-day convention will embody panel discussions, networking alternatives, displays, and energetic debates on constructing resilience in tourism.
This group of specialists of their collective fields will focus on points central to future-proofing journey and tourism to varied disruptions transferring ahead.
“We’re setting the stage for an additional mega-conference geared in direction of safeguarding our most dear tourism trade. Constructing the capability to answer and recuperate from disruptions has turn out to be much more vital, and the matters and knowledgeable ideas shared over two days will contribute to our resilience constructing,” stated Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett.
Pololikashvili might be a key knowledgeable on the primary day of the convention on Friday, February 16, on a panel exploring ‘Funding Tourism Resilience.’
“I’m wanting ahead to contributing to this convention, which isn’t nearly navigating challenges however about collectively shaping a future the place locations thrive amidst adversity, turning resilience into alternative,” stated Pololikashvili.
Final 12 months, the primary world tourism resilience convention was held on the College of the West Indies, Mona Campus.
“The International Tourism Resilience and Disaster Administration Centre continues to be a beacon of tourism resilience, and this convention is an extra step in the fitting course in constructing capability. International disruptions have proven the necessity for us to construct capability in tourism because it stays one of the susceptible industries,” stated Professor Lloyd Waller, Govt Director of the International Tourism Resilience and Disaster Administration Centre.
As a part of the convention agenda, on February 17, International Tourism Resilience Day might be celebrated for the second time, recognizing the official adoption by the United Nations on February 6, 2022, of the decision to look at the day annually.
There will even be a tourism resilience awards gala to acknowledge people and organizations contributing to world tourism resilience.
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