UNWTO and UNWTO.Themis Foundation will conduct a 5-day Regional Executive Training Course in Khartoum, Sudan on ‘Crisis Communication in Tourism’, from 14-18 November 2016, in collaboration with the Government of Sudan and its Ministry of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife.

The Executive training course will provide the participants with knowledge, skills, tools and a forum to discuss and reflect on the key issues of crisis communication including preparedness, crisis communication and recovery. 

The course will follow a theoretical-practical approach, combining modules on modern crisis communications, how to develop a crisis communications plan, crisis communication in social media as well as media relation including high pressure interviews and press conferences.

The course is open for tourism officials working in communications and marketing in Sudan and UNWTO Members in the region.