World Youth Tourism Summit to focus on challenges facing global tourism
Travel Biz News –
More than 130 young people from 60 countries will participate in the first UNWTO Global Youth Tourism Summit to be held in Sorrento, Italy next week.
The event, first of its kind, is organized by UNWTO and hosted in Italy in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the National Tourism Agency (ENIT). It will unite global youth aged between 12 and 18 with leaders from across the sector, including politicians and key figures from the worlds of sport, gastronomy, entertainment and innovation.
The Summit has received the medal of the President of the Republic of Italy and patronage of the Department of Youth Policies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The Summit will focus on some of the key challenges and opportunities facing global tourism right now, with an emphasis on the sector’s role in achieving the UN 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This will include an in-depth look at biodiversity, to be organized in collaboration with Marevivo and the MSC Foundation , according to a statement issued by UNWTO.
The Summit to take place from 27 June to 3 July will also feature a special session focused on online security, organized in collaboration with fellow UN agency the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), as well as a talk on virtual tourism and the Metaverse, organized in partnership with Meta.
The World Food Forum (facilitated by the UN’s agricultural organization, FAO) will host a debate on solutions to reduce food waste in tourism.
The summit will provide the young people a unique platform to play a leading role in the future of the sector.
23 June 2022
Photo : A view of Sorrento , Italy ( courtesy : Visititaly )
