UNWTO partners with EBRD to debate tourism in the MENA region
PR No.: PR 16075
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Jordan are organizing a regional conference on ‘Investing in Tourism for an Inclusive Future: Challenges and Opportunities’. The Conference will take place in the world heritage city of Petra, Jordan, on 26-27 October.
Under the patronage of Jordan’s Prime Minister Hani Mulki, the conference will gather the ministers of tourism from Jordan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Palestine and Tunisia, alongside representatives from the private sector, investment funds, tourism companies and associations.
Moderated by CNN Money Emerging Markets Editor John Defterios, participants at the high level panel will discuss how tourism can promote inclusive development in the southern and eastern Mediterranean with a particular focus on human capital, energy efficiency and micro, small and medium-sized-enterprises.
The partnership between UNWTO and the EBRD aims at supporting inclusive and sustainable tourism, building on UNWTO’s expertise in capacity building and the EBRD’s longstanding financial support for the private sector.
Useful links:
Conference programme and website
Latest International Tourism Trends and Data
Contacts:
UNWTO Media Officer Rut Gomez Sobrino
Tel: +34 91 567 81 60 / rgomez@unwto.org
UNWTO Communications & Publications Programme
Tel: +34 91 567 8100 / Fax: +34 91 567 8218 / comm@UNWTO.org
EBRD Communications Adviser, Nibal Zgheib
Tel: +44 207 338 7753 / ZgheibN@ebrd.com
