UNWTO activities at WTM London to focus on destination branding, the Silk Road and youth travel
PR No.: 15078
The first activity of UNWTO at this year World Travel Market is the 9th UNWTO/WTM Minister’s Summit to be held on 3 November. Under the title ‘Destination branding: new challenges in a changing market’, the Summit will focus on the impact of social media and new business models in destination branding.
During the same day, UNWTO will present the first Global Conference on Wine Tourism, in cooperation with the Georgian National Tourism Administration to be held in Georgia in 2016. The activity is part of the UNWTO Gastronomy Network plan of action. The platform was officially presented in September 2015 during the UNWTO General Assembly in Medellin, Colombia and aims to promote information and knowledge to further develop Gastronomic Tourism.
Experiential travel and the booking revolution will also be tackled during the Social Silk Road seminar that will take place on the 4 November, an activity which will be conducted in partnership with Travel Perspective, supported by WTM. The seminar, under the title ‘The rise of experiential travel and the booking revolution’ aims at analyzing how new trends are shaping the booking process and how emerging destinations are transitioning into a digital context.
Finally, UNWTO will join PATA at a side event to discuss ‘How do young Asian travelers step out of the crowd’. As the rise in global tourism will be driven by young travelers, particularly from the Asian continent, the session will try to provide strategies to destinations in order to cope with this phenomenon.
Useful links:
UNWTO Programme of Activities at WTM
Contacts:
UNWTO Media Officer Rut Gomez Sobrino
Tel: (+34) 91 567 81 60
UNWTO Communications & Publications Programme
Tel: (+34) 91 567 8100 / Fax: +34 91 567 8218
