Opening of the 2024 Global INSTO Meeting

• Dr. Dirk Glaesser, Director, Sustainable Tourism and Resilience, UN Tourism
• Mr. José Marcial Rodríguez Díaz, Minister of Tourism, Consell de Mallorca,     Conseller Ejecutivo de Turismo del Consell Insular de Mallorca

Introduction of new INSTO Members: The path to INSTO

Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Petén, Guatemala  
Mr. José María Aguilar, Head of Market Research and Analysis, INGUAT

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Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Tyrol, Austria 
Dr. Birgit Bosio, Lecturer, MCI Tourism, Tyrol, Austria

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Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Nuevo León, México 
Prof. Dr. Jorge Vasaro, Undersecretary of Tourism Intelligence, Undersecretary of Tourism of Nuevo León

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Linking national and subnational tourism policies - The perspective of INSTO observatories

Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Centro de Portugal  
Prof. Francisco Dias, Coordinator of the Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Centro de Portugal   

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Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Thompson Okanagan, Canada 
Ms. Eve Layman, Destination Development & Stewardship Specialist 

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Linking national and subnational tourism policies - The national perspective

Turismo de Portugal 
Dr. Sérgio Guerreiro, Senior Director, Knowledge Management & Innovation  

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Stimulating research - Innovative outreach methods

Tourism Observatory of Cali - SITUR Valle del Cauca, Colombia 
Ms. Maria Andrea Dorado Castillo, Director of the Cali Tourism Observatory - SITUR Valle de Cauca 

Advancing research - The focus on water management

Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Málaga, Spain  
Mr. Ricardo Fernández de la Cruz, Head Office of Tourism and City Promotion Board of Málaga

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Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Nuevo León, México 
Prof. Dr. Jorge Vasaro, Undersecretary of Tourism Intelligence, Undersecretary of Tourism of Nuevo León

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Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Algarve, Portugal 
Mr. André Gomes, President, Algarve Tourism Board

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Lunch

Advancing research - The focus on carbon emissions

Futouris, Germany 
Ms. Swantje Lehners, Managing Director Projects and Cooperations 

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Sustainable Tourism Observatory of the Canary Islands, Spain 
Mr. José Manuel Sanabria Díaz, Deputy Minister of Tourism

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Atlantic Sustainable Tourism Observatory, Ireland 
Prof. Dr. James Hanrahan, Department of Marketing Tourism and Sport, School of Business and Social Science, Atlantic Technological University

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Sun Yat-Sen University, China 
Prof. Dr. Honggang Xu, Dean of the School of Tourism Management 

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Participatory approaches well moderated

Tourism and Monitoring Centre of Batanes, Philippines 
Prof. Dr. Mary Anne Ramos-Tumanan, Batanes Tourism and Monitoring Centre, Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management, University of the Philippines Dilima

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Australia’s South West Sustainable Tourism Observatory 
Ms. Carolina Inés Garcia, Researcher, Curtin University 

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UNDP Malaysia
Ms. Norhafiza Shafie, Development Economist, UNDP Malaysia 

Supporting destination management through observatories

Sustainable Tourism Observatory of the Aegean Islands, Greece 
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Spilanis, Laboratory of Local and Island Development,  Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece

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Practices of Sustainable Tourism Observatories in Brazil 
Mr. Fabio Montanheiro, Intelligence and Competitiveness Manager, Embratur, Brazil  

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Drivers for successful tourism observatories
Ms. Sara García Altmann, University of La Laguna, Canary Islands 

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Wrap-up, conclusion and closing of the 2024 Global INSTO Meeting