UNWTO Calendar of Events 2016
January 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 26-27 UNWTO Awards Forum 8th Tourism Leadership Forum of EXCELTUR (FITUR) Meeting of the Core Working Group meeting on the Phoenicians Route (FITUR) 12th UNWTO Awards Gala Dinner & Ceremony (FITUR) Spanish Companies Driving Responsible Tourism (FITUR) nezeh International Conference Nearly Zero Energy Hotels, the Potential for Change (FITUR Green) Presentation of the 2nd UNWTO Global Forum on Food Tourism (FITUR) Accessible Tourism as an Effective Business Strategy (FITUR) VII Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa - INVESTOUR 2016 (FITUR) UNWTO & Casa Árabe Ministerial Round Table on Tourism Development Policies and Strategies in the MENA Region: Sustaining Growth through Shocks (FITUR) UNWTO Seminar on the Future of Tourism: Innovation, Governance and Critical Paths (FITUR) UNWTO/ICF Workshop on air connectivity (FITUR) 2nd UNWTO Conference on Shopping Tourism (FITUR) UNWTO Committee on Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account 16th meeting Tbilisi, Georgia
February 24-26 UNWTO International Conference on Regional Culture and Tourism Industry Collaboration Nara, Japan
March 2-4 9 10 21 29-2 9th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism nezeh project final event (1/2 day session at the EP) 3rd UNWTO Conference on Shopping Tourism 6th Silk Road Ministers Meeting (ITB Berlin) 5th Silk Road Tour Operators Forum (ITB Berlin) UNWTO Seminar on Modern Trends of Branding in Tourism: Russian and International Practices UNWTO panel at WTM LA 10th UNWTO Asia-Pacific Executive Training Programme on Tourism Policy and Strategy Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra Brussels, Belgium Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Moscow, Russia Sao Paulo, Brazil Seoul, Republic of Korea
April 19-21 24-25 58th UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa 6th UNWTO Silk Road Task Force Meeting 2nd UNWTO World Forum on Food Tourism Abidjan, Côte d Ivoire Urmia, Iran Lima, Perú
May 3-5 9-11 18-21 20 24-26 30-31 60th UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas 103rd Executive Council First World Conference on Tourism for Development 7th T20 Ministers Meeting 60th UNWTO Regional Commission for Europe 42nd UNWTO Regional Commission for Middle East Havana, Cuba Malaga, Spain Beijing, China Beijing, China Vilnius, Lithuania Beirut, Lebanon
June 2-5 20-21 24-26 28th UNWTO Joint Commission Meeting CAP and CSA Silk Road conference on the Western Silk Road UNWTO Conference on Branding in Tourism UNWTO Conference on Integrated Quality Management in Tourism Destinations: A key to Competitiveness Japan Venice, Italy Kiev, Ukraine Bucarest, Romania
July 10-20 UNWTO Conference on Tourism Development and Peace Passikudah and Jaffna, Sri Lanka
September 7-9 24 27 1st UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and Sports World Tourism Day 2016 - Official Celebrations Kakheti, Georgia Da Nang, Viet Nam Thailand
October 5-7 17-19 UNWTO Conference on Religious Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Society 2016 World Tourism Conference 10th UNWTO/PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook Silk Road Conference on Nomadic Tourism Netherlands Penang, Malaysia Guilin, China Mongolia
November 27-30 Silk Road Tour Operators Speed Networking Event (WTM London) 10th UNWTO & WTM Ministers Summit (WTM London) Silk Road Social Media Workshop in Partnership with Travel Perspective and WTM (WTM London) World Congress on Creative Tourism and Ancient Civilizations London, UK London, UK London, UK Sofia, Bulgaria
The World Tourism Organization, a United Nations specialized agency, is the leading international organization with the decisive and central role in promoting the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how. Its membership includes 157 countries, 6 territories, 2 permanent observers and over 480 Affiliate Members.