Calendar

of Events
as of September 2019

01
14-18 ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019 Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam

23-27 UNWTO events at FITUR Madrid, Spain

23 Final of the 1st UNWTO Tourism Start-up Competition Madrid, Spain

10th edition of the Tourism Investment and

24 Madrid, Spain
Business Forum for Africa (INVESTOUR)

2nd Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth:

29 Jamaica
Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs)

02
UNWTO/Chimelong Initiative: Sub-regional Capacity Building
19-21 Workshop on Sustainable Tourism & Biodiversity Conservation for the Pakse, Lao PDR
Mekong Sub-region Member States (Pakse, Lao PDR)
First meeting of the Expert Group on the Tourism Satellite Account
25 UNWTO Headquarters
Compilation Guide

26-27 19th meeting of Committee on Statistics and the TSA UNWTO Headquarters

Second Meeting of the Editorial Board on Statistical Framework for

27 UNWTO Headquarters
Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism

03
2–5 4th UNWTO Euro-Asian Mountain Tourism Conference Berchtesgaden, Germany
6 9th UNWTO Silk Road Ministers Meeting Berlin, Germany
6 48th Meeting of the Board of Affiliate Members Berlin, Germany
Pre-Launch Event of the Global Report on Women in Tourism,
6 Berlin, Germany
Second Edition
Keynote-Panel: Overtourism Revisited: Best Demonstrated Practices
6 Berlin, Germany
Instead Of “Business As Usual”
6 Overtourism: Smart Control Via Digital Technologies Berlin, Germany
7 High-Level Dialogue on Digital Skills in Tourism Berlin, Germany
7 8th UNWTO Silk Road Tour Operators Forum Berlin, Germany
45th Meeting of the Regional Commission for the Middle East
24-25 Cairo, Egypt
UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure: Middle East
UNWTO Forum: Facing the Demographic Challenge Through Tourism
26 Segovia, Spain
and Innovation
UNWTO/ICAO Joint Ministerial meeting on Tourism and Air Transport
27-29 Sal, Cabo Verde
in Africa
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as of September 2019

04
5 UNWTO Mayors Forum for Sustainable Urban Tourism Lisbon, Portugal
UNWTO Executive Education Workshop on
9-11 Dubai, UAE
“Sustainability in Tourism Destinations”
Cartagena de Indias,
28-29 UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure: Scaling up
Colombia

05
2-3 1st UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Start-up Competition San Sebastian, Spain
2-3 5th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism San Sebastian, Spain
64th Meeting of the Regional Commission for the Americas and
15-17 Guatemala
Seminar on Destination Management
16 UNWTO Seminar on Destination Management and UNWTO.QUEST Japan
27-30 64th Meeting of the Regional Commission for Europe Zagreb, Croatia
TBC UNWTO Quest Seminar Japan

06
31st Joint Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for East Asia and the
Pacific (CAP) and the UNWTO Commission for South Asia (CSA)
3-5 Thimphu, Bhutan
53rd Commission for East Asia and the Pacific and 57th Commission
for South Asia
Regional Conference on Sustainable Tourism for Development
4 Thimphu, Bhutan
through Tourism
17-19 110th session of the UNWTO Executive Council Baku, Azerbaijan
17-20 13th UNWTO Asia and the Pacific Executive Training Programme Republic of Korea
TBC UNWTO Course on Rural Community Tourism Jujuy, Argentina

07
Maestría OMT – Anáhuac: Política y Planificación turística (online and
1-27 Mexico
in situ)
2-5 Train the Trainers Course for Tourism Educators Estoril, Portugal
UNWTO Donors Round Table – Tourism for Development Facility
2030, side event of the World Trade Organization Global Aid for Trade
3-5 Review Tourism for Economic Diversification and Inclusive Growth in Geneva, Switzerland
the 2030 Agenda, side event of the World Trade Organization Global
Aid for Trade Review (TBC)
9-10 2nd UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure for the Americas (EdTech) Santiago, Chile
Official opening of the International Centre associated to the UNWTO
16 Estoril, Portugal
Academy
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as of September 2019

08
22-23 Workshop on Tourism Planning and Management Pyongyang, DPR Korea
World Tourism Conference 2019 (5th Edition) - Beyond Tourism,
26-28 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beyond Expectations

09
Saint Petersburg, Russian
10 62nd Meeting of the Regional Commission for Africa
Federation
Saint Petersburg, Russian
9-13 23rd session of the UNWTO General Assembly
Federation
27 World Tourism Day India
UNWTO Academy Regional Workshop in Romania on Tourism Bucharest & Danube
TBC
Marketing: Designing a promotional strategy Delta, Romania
TBC UNWTO Students’ League Announcement TBC

10
UNWTO-UOC Master course on “Strategy and Sustainable
Oct. 2019 -
Management of Tourism Destinations” at the Open University of Spain
Jul. 2021
Catalonia
9-12 8th UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism Nursultan, Kazakhstan
13-15 1st UNWTO Sports Tourism Start-up Competition Macao SAR, China
16-17 International Conference on Tourism and Accessibility Quito, Ecuador
17-19 13th UNWTO/PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook Guilin, China
UNWTO HQ, Madrid,
22-23 2019 Global INSTO Meeting
Spain
24 3rd Ministerial Roundtable, Tourism EXPO Japan 2019 Osaka, Japan
25-26 9th G.20 Tourism Ministers’ Meeting Kutchan, Hokkaido, Japan
Face-to-Face, Ministers and Private Sector CEOs Session, Global
TBC Macao SAR, China
Tourism Economy Forum
TBC UNWTO Regional Course (subject tbc) Mexico
31-1 UNWTO High-level Investment Seminar: Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia
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as of September 2019

11
4-6 UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit London, United Kingdom
19-21 The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Doha, Qatar
Regional Conference on Women Empowerment in Africa & Tourism
25-27 Accra, Ghana
Challenge
UNWTO Regional Conference on Education, Employment and
TBC Maldives
Community Development - Responding to the Attainment of SDG’s
TBC UNWTO High-level Investment Seminar: Colombia Bogotá, Colombia

12
3 UNWTO High-level Investment Seminar: Brazil Brazil
5-6 4th UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism Chile
14-15 UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventures: Reviving Heritage Doha, Qatar
TBC 4th UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture Kyoto, Japan