Calendar of Events 2018

January

15 14th UNWTO Awards Forum Paraninfo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

16 Meeting of the Board of the UNWTO Affiliate Members at FITUR IFEMA, Madrid, Spain17 Workshop on Chinese Outbound Tourism Market at FITUR IFEMA, Madrid, Spain17 Meeting of the UNWTO Committee on Tourism and Sustainability at

FITURIFEMA, Madrid, Spain

17 14th UNWTO Awards Ceremony & Gala Coktail Dinner at FITUR IFEMA, Madrid, Spain18 IX Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa – INVESTOUR -

at FITURIFEMA, Madrid, Spain

18 Ministerial Forum on Consolidating Tourism’s recovery in the Middle East and North Africa and sustaining its growth at FITUR

IFEMA, Madrid, Spain

19 7th Meeting of the UNWTO Committee on Tourism and Competitiveness

UNWTO HQ, Madrid, Spain

19 Meeting of the Central American Tourism Ministers UNWTO HQ, Madrid, Spain

February

1-3 International Conference on Tourism and Snow Culture Yamagata, Japan5-19 March UNWTO/GWU “Tourism as a Path to International Cooperation &

Sustainable Development”Online

27-28 18th session of the UNWTO Committee on Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account

UNWTO HQ, Madrid, Spain

March

7 8th Silk Road Ministers’ Meeting at ITB Berlin, Germany8 7th Silk Road Tour Operators Forum at ITB Berlin, Germany

19-22 12th UNWTO Asia and the Pacific Executive Training Programme Kerala, India20 1st UNWTO TedQual Networking Meeting Andorra la Vella, Andorra

21-23 10th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra23 1st UNWTO, HE, CGU Global University Forum: “Human Rights on

the Route of Santiago de Compostela”Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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April

3-6 Workshop on Communications and Media Relations on Wildlife and Sustainable Tourism. Regional Conference on Capacity Building on Tourism Development and Biodiversity Protection in West and Central Africa

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

12-13 63rd UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) Asunción, Paraguay

17 8th T20 Ministers Meeting Buenos Aires, Argentina

May

1-3 UNWTO-UAE Executive Training Workshop on “Innovative Approaches to Destination Branding”

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

5 UNWTO.TedQual Seminar Cairo, Egypt8-9 44th UNWTO Regional Commission for Middle East (CME) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

23-25 108th Session of the UNWTO Executive Council San Sebastián, Spain27-29 International Mayor´s Forum on Tourism 2018 Zhengzhou, China

30-1 Jun. 4th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism Bangkok, Thailand

June

4-6 61st UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) Abuja, Nigeria11-13 63rd UNWTO Regional Commission for Europe (CEU) Prague, Czech Republic18-20 30th UNWTO Joint Commission Meeting CAP and CSA, and Regional

Seminar on Tourism, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Nadi, Fiji

25-27 2nd UNWTO World Congress on Smart Destinations Oviedo, Spain

July

2-6 UNWTO.Themis course on Tourism Strategy Equatorial Guinea

September

16-19 7th Global Summit on Urban Tourism & Seoul Fair and Sustainable Mega City Tourism Conference

Seoul, Republic of Korea

20-23 2nd Ministerial Roundtable, Tourism EXPO Japan 2018 Tokyo, Japan24-28 UNWTO.Themis Course on Tourism Strategy Sipopo, Nalabo, Equatorial Guinea27-29 Regional Statistics Capacity Building Programme - Second Workshop Algiers, Algeria

27 World Tourism Day 2018 Official Celebration Budapest, Hungary

October

1-30 June 2019

Postgraduate Diploma in Mountain Destination Management, Universitat d’Andorra

Online

10-12 8th International UNWTO Meeting on Silk Road Tourism Thessaloniki, Greece15-16 UNWTO Conference on City Breaks: Creating Innovative Tourism

ExperiencesValladolid, Spain

17 - July 2020

UNWTO-UOC Master course on “Strategy and Sustainable Management of Tourism Destinations”

Online with two onsite sessions (Spain & Andorra)

23-24 Face to face, Ministers and Private Sector CEOs Session, Global Tourism Economy Forum

Macao, China

24-25 Working Group of experts on Measuring Sustainable Tourism - Second meeting

UNWTO Headquarters, Madrid, Spain

November

6 UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit London, United Kingdom12-14 40th Plenary Session of the Affiliate Members Hamedan, Iran14-16 International Congress on World Civilizations and Ancient Routes Sofia, Bulgaria

December

3-5 (tbc) 3rd UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture Istanbul, Turkey