HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE on COASTAL and MARITIME TOURISM Athens, Friday 4 June 2021

HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON COASTAL AND MARITIME TOURISM Athens, Friday 4 June 2021. Grande Bretagne Hotel & Celebrity Apex Cruise 2. Environmental Sustainability and Maritime Tourism Signing Ceremony for the Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism Research and PROGRAMME – PART 1 Moderator: Leslie Vella, Chief Ocer of Strategic Planning, Malta Tourism Authority Monitoring Centre

- Angela Gerekou, President, Greek National Tourism Organization For the selected invitees, transfer will be provided to the Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Master of Ceremony: Antonia Dimou, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece 09:00-09:30 Registration – Grande Bretagne Hotel - Dirk Glaesser, Director, Sustainable Development of Tourism, UNWTO - Yiannis Retsos, President, Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) Chryssi Vitsilaki, Rector of the University of the Aegean, Academic Partner 09:30-10:10 Opening Session and Welcome Remarks - James Ellsmoor, CEO, Island Innovation Programme aboard Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Director General for Tourism Policy of the Ministry of Tourism - Helen O’ Connell, Associate Vice-President, Corporate Responsibility, 09:30-09:40 Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism, Greece Celebrity Cruises Registration and Boarding Signing 09:40-09:50 Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO - Semiramis Paliou, Founder and CEO of Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Light Lunch at Grand Plaza 09:50-10:00 Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport (VTC) Association (HELMEPA) Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic 10:00-10:10 Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Greece - Rossella Carrara, Vice President of Corporate Relations and Sustainability, Welcome Remarks at the Celebrity APEX Theatre Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization- UNWTO Costa Crociere Coastal and Maritime Tourism: Master of Ceremony, Captain Manolis Alevropoulos Signing ceremony of the Declaration of intention in the field of tourism between the Sustainability Dilemmas (Parallel Series) Ministry of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic and the Ministry of Tourism of the 3. Social Sustainability – Dialogues on Island and Coastal Destination Residents Lisa Luto-Perlo, President and CEO, Celebrity Cruises Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 10:10-10:20 Setting the Scene Views and Interests Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO In presence of the Secretary General of UNWTO, Zurab Pololikahsvili Alessandra Priante, Director, Region of Europe, UNWTO Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Moderator: Christos Petreas, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece Kelly Craighead, President and CEO, CLIA Speech by H.E. Ahmed al Kateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia 10:20-10:30 Co ee break and moving to the parallel sessions designated areas Dimitris Fragakis, Secretary General, Greek National Tourism Organization - Vicky Loizou, Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, Ministry of Pierfrancesco Vago, Global Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association, Closing remarks, Harry Theoharis 10:30-11:45 Parallel Series Tourism of Greece CLIA, and Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises - Vaso Theodorakopoulou Bogri, Deputy Governor for the Attica Islands, Region of Organized Sustainable Ship Tour and Farewell Cocktail at Eden 1. Economic Sustainability, the Industry Perspective Attica, Greece Ministerial Panel - Joseph M. Cheer, Professor, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University Deboard from the Celebrity Apex and transfer back to the Hotel Moderator: Alessandra Priante, Regional Director for Europe, UNWTO Japan Moderator: Sofia Mavrantza, Editor in Chief, CNN Greece. - Andonis V. Cambourakis, Chairman of the Board, Region of South Aegean – - Eric Dresin, Secretary General ECTAA, European Travel Agents’ and Tour Municipalities, Mayor of Rhodes - Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Operators’ Association - Theodoros Tzoumas, Mayor, Skiathos Island, Greece - Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary General - Ukko Metsola, Director General, CLIA Europe - Meropi Idraiou, Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands - Blendi Klosi, Minister of Tourism and Environment of Albania - Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises - Lourdes Trujillo, Professor of Economics, University of Las Palmas, Grand Canaria - Savvas Perdios, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Cyprus - Philip Easthill, Secretary-General of the European Boating Industry - Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Minister of Tourism of Israel - George Pateras, President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping Return to the Main Area - Rita Marques, Secretary of State of Tourism of Portugal - Teresa Parejo Navajas, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Iberia Key Results from the Parallel Series, Rapporteurs - Andy Hecker, Managing Port Director and CFO, Port of Miami - Nizar Tagi, Owner and Director, Marinas Yachts Realty, Montenegro Ask the Ministers Q&A (for the press and delegates) - Ivan Bassato, Chief Aviation Ocer and Accountable Manager, Aeroporti di Roma

PROGRAMME – PART 1

2. Environmental Sustainability and Maritime Tourism Signing Ceremony for the Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism Research and Moderator: Leslie Vella, Chief Ocer of Strategic Planning, Malta Tourism Authority Monitoring Centre

- Angela Gerekou, President, Greek National Tourism Organization For the selected invitees, transfer will be provided to the Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Master of Ceremony: Antonia Dimou, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece Registration – Grande Bretagne Hotel - Dirk Glaesser, Director, Sustainable Development of Tourism, UNWTO - Yiannis Retsos, President, Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) Chryssi Vitsilaki, Rector of the University of the Aegean, Academic Partner Opening Session and Welcome Remarks - James Ellsmoor, CEO, Island Innovation Programme aboard Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Director General for Tourism Policy of the Ministry of Tourism - Helen O’ Connell, Associate Vice-President, Corporate Responsibility, Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism, Greece Celebrity Cruises Registration and Boarding Signing Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO - Semiramis Paliou, Founder and CEO of Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Light Lunch at Grand Plaza Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport (VTC) Association (HELMEPA) Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Greece - Rossella Carrara, Vice President of Corporate Relations and Sustainability, Welcome Remarks at the Celebrity APEX Theatre Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization- UNWTO Costa Crociere Coastal and Maritime Tourism: Master of Ceremony, Captain Manolis Alevropoulos Signing ceremony of the Declaration of intention in the field of tourism between the Sustainability Dilemmas (Parallel Series) Ministry of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic and the Ministry of Tourism of the 3. Social Sustainability – Dialogues on Island and Coastal Destination Residents Lisa Luto-Perlo, President and CEO, Celebrity Cruises Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Setting the Scene Views and Interests Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO In presence of the Secretary General of UNWTO, Zurab Pololikahsvili Alessandra Priante, Director, Region of Europe, UNWTO Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Moderator: Christos Petreas, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece Kelly Craighead, President and CEO, CLIA Speech by H.E. Ahmed al Kateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia Co ee break and moving to the parallel sessions designated areas Dimitris Fragakis, Secretary General, Greek National Tourism Organization - Vicky Loizou, Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, Ministry of Pierfrancesco Vago, Global Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association, Closing remarks, Harry Theoharis Parallel Series Tourism of Greece CLIA, and Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises - Vaso Theodorakopoulou Bogri, Deputy Governor for the Attica Islands, Region of Organized Sustainable Ship Tour and Farewell Cocktail at Eden 1. Economic Sustainability, the Industry Perspective Attica, Greece Ministerial Panel - Joseph M. Cheer, Professor, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University Deboard from the Celebrity Apex and transfer back to the Hotel Moderator: Alessandra Priante, Regional Director for Europe, UNWTO Japan Moderator: Sofia Mavrantza, Editor in Chief, CNN Greece. - Andonis V. Cambourakis, Chairman of the Board, Region of South Aegean – - Eric Dresin, Secretary General ECTAA, European Travel Agents’ and Tour Municipalities, Mayor of Rhodes - Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Operators’ Association - Theodoros Tzoumas, Mayor, Skiathos Island, Greece - Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary General - Ukko Metsola, Director General, CLIA Europe - Meropi Idraiou, Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands - Blendi Klosi, Minister of Tourism and Environment of Albania - Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises - Lourdes Trujillo, Professor of Economics, University of Las Palmas, Grand Canaria - Savvas Perdios, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Cyprus - Philip Easthill, Secretary-General of the European Boating Industry - Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Minister of Tourism of Israel - George Pateras, President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping 11:45-11:50 Return to the Main Area - Rita Marques, Secretary of State of Tourism of Portugal - Teresa Parejo Navajas, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Iberia 11:50-12:00 Key Results from the Parallel Series, Rapporteurs - Andy Hecker, Managing Port Director and CFO, Port of Miami - Nizar Tagi, Owner and Director, Marinas Yachts Realty, Montenegro Ask the Ministers Q&A (for the press and delegates) - Ivan Bassato, Chief Aviation Ocer and Accountable Manager, Aeroporti di Roma

PROGRAMME – PART 2

- Angela Gerekou, President, Greek National Tourism Organization For the selected invitees, transfer will be provided to the Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Master of Ceremony: Antonia Dimou, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece Registration – Grande Bretagne Hotel - Dirk Glaesser, Director, Sustainable Development of Tourism, UNWTO - Yiannis Retsos, President, Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) Chryssi Vitsilaki, Rector of the University of the Aegean, Academic Partner Opening Session and Welcome Remarks - James Ellsmoor, CEO, Island Innovation Programme aboard Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Director General for Tourism Policy of the Ministry of Tourism - Helen O’ Connell, Associate Vice-President, Corporate Responsibility, Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism, Greece Celebrity Cruises 12:45-14:00 Registration and Boarding Signing Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO - Semiramis Paliou, Founder and CEO of Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Light Lunch at Grand Plaza Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport (VTC) Association (HELMEPA) Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Greece - Rossella Carrara, Vice President of Corporate Relations and Sustainability, 14:00 – 15:00 Welcome Remarks at the Celebrity APEX Theatre Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization- UNWTO Costa Crociere Coastal and Maritime Tourism: Master of Ceremony, Captain Manolis Alevropoulos Signing ceremony of the Declaration of intention in the field of tourism between the Sustainability Dilemmas (Parallel Series) Ministry of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic and the Ministry of Tourism of the 3. Social Sustainability – Dialogues on Island and Coastal Destination Residents 14:00 - 14:10 Lisa Luto-Perlo, President and CEO, Celebrity Cruises Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Setting the Scene Views and Interests 14:10 – 14:20 Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO In presence of the Secretary General of UNWTO, Zurab Pololikahsvili Alessandra Priante, Director, Region of Europe, UNWTO 14:20 - 14:30 Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Moderator: Christos Petreas, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece 14:30 - 14:40 Kelly Craighead, President and CEO, CLIA Speech by H.E. Ahmed al Kateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia Co ee break and moving to the parallel sessions designated areas 14:40 - 14:50 Dimitris Fragakis, Secretary General, Greek National Tourism Organization - Vicky Loizou, Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, Ministry of 14:50 - 15:00 Pierfrancesco Vago, Global Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association, Closing remarks, Harry Theoharis Parallel Series Tourism of Greece CLIA, and Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises - Vaso Theodorakopoulou Bogri, Deputy Governor for the Attica Islands, Region of Organized Sustainable Ship Tour and Farewell Cocktail at Eden 1. Economic Sustainability, the Industry Perspective Attica, Greece 15:00 - 16:30 Ministerial Panel - Joseph M. Cheer, Professor, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University Deboard from the Celebrity Apex and transfer back to the Hotel Moderator: Alessandra Priante, Regional Director for Europe, UNWTO Japan Moderator: Sofia Mavrantza, Editor in Chief, CNN Greece. - Andonis V. Cambourakis, Chairman of the Board, Region of South Aegean – - Eric Dresin, Secretary General ECTAA, European Travel Agents’ and Tour Municipalities, Mayor of Rhodes - Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Operators’ Association - Theodoros Tzoumas, Mayor, Skiathos Island, Greece - Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary General - Ukko Metsola, Director General, CLIA Europe - Meropi Idraiou, Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands - Blendi Klosi, Minister of Tourism and Environment of Albania - Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises - Lourdes Trujillo, Professor of Economics, University of Las Palmas, Grand Canaria - Savvas Perdios, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Cyprus - Philip Easthill, Secretary-General of the European Boating Industry - Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Minister of Tourism of Israel - George Pateras, President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping Return to the Main Area - Rita Marques, Secretary of State of Tourism of Portugal - Teresa Parejo Navajas, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Iberia Key Results from the Parallel Series, Rapporteurs - Andy Hecker, Managing Port Director and CFO, Port of Miami - Nizar Tagi, Owner and Director, Marinas Yachts Realty, Montenegro Ask the Ministers Q&A (for the press and delegates) - Ivan Bassato, Chief Aviation Ocer and Accountable Manager, Aeroporti di Roma

PROGRAMME – PART 2

2. Environmental Sustainability and Maritime Tourism 16:30 – 17:00 Signing Ceremony for the Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism Research and Moderator: Leslie Vella, Chief Ocer of Strategic Planning, Malta Tourism Authority Monitoring Centre

- Angela Gerekou, President, Greek National Tourism Organization For the selected invitees, transfer will be provided to the Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship Master of Ceremony: Antonia Dimou, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece Registration – Grande Bretagne Hotel - Dirk Glaesser, Director, Sustainable Development of Tourism, UNWTO - Yiannis Retsos, President, Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) 16:30 – 16:40 Chryssi Vitsilaki, Rector of the University of the Aegean, Academic Partner Opening Session and Welcome Remarks - James Ellsmoor, CEO, Island Innovation Programme aboard Celebrity APEX Cruise Ship 16:40 – 16:50 Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Director General for Tourism Policy of the Ministry of Tourism - Helen O’ Connell, Associate Vice-President, Corporate Responsibility, Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism, Greece Celebrity Cruises Registration and Boarding 16:50 – 17:00 Signing Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO - Semiramis Paliou, Founder and CEO of Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Light Lunch at Grand Plaza Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport (VTC) Association (HELMEPA) Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Greece - Rossella Carrara, Vice President of Corporate Relations and Sustainability, Welcome Remarks at the Celebrity APEX Theatre Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization- UNWTO Costa Crociere Coastal and Maritime Tourism: Master of Ceremony, Captain Manolis Alevropoulos 17:00 – 17:15 Signing ceremony of the Declaration of intention in the field of tourism between the Sustainability Dilemmas (Parallel Series) Ministry of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic and the Ministry of Tourism of the 3. Social Sustainability – Dialogues on Island and Coastal Destination Residents Lisa Luto-Perlo, President and CEO, Celebrity Cruises Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Setting the Scene Views and Interests Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General, UNWTO In presence of the Secretary General of UNWTO, Zurab Pololikahsvili Alessandra Priante, Director, Region of Europe, UNWTO Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Moderator: Christos Petreas, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Tourism of Greece Kelly Craighead, President and CEO, CLIA 17:15 – 17:25 Speech by H.E. Ahmed al Kateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia Co ee break and moving to the parallel sessions designated areas Dimitris Fragakis, Secretary General, Greek National Tourism Organization - Vicky Loizou, Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, Ministry of Pierfrancesco Vago, Global Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association, 17:25 – 17:30 Closing remarks, Harry Theoharis Parallel Series Tourism of Greece CLIA, and Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises - Vaso Theodorakopoulou Bogri, Deputy Governor for the Attica Islands, Region of 17:30 – 19:00 Organized Sustainable Ship Tour and Farewell Cocktail at Eden 1. Economic Sustainability, the Industry Perspective Attica, Greece Ministerial Panel - Joseph M. Cheer, Professor, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University 19:00 Deboard from the Celebrity Apex and transfer back to the Hotel Moderator: Alessandra Priante, Regional Director for Europe, UNWTO Japan Moderator: Sofia Mavrantza, Editor in Chief, CNN Greece. - Andonis V. Cambourakis, Chairman of the Board, Region of South Aegean – - Eric Dresin, Secretary General ECTAA, European Travel Agents’ and Tour Municipalities, Mayor of Rhodes - Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Operators’ Association - Theodoros Tzoumas, Mayor, Skiathos Island, Greece - Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary General - Ukko Metsola, Director General, CLIA Europe - Meropi Idraiou, Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands - Blendi Klosi, Minister of Tourism and Environment of Albania - Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises - Lourdes Trujillo, Professor of Economics, University of Las Palmas, Grand Canaria - Savvas Perdios, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Cyprus - Philip Easthill, Secretary-General of the European Boating Industry - Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Minister of Tourism of Israel - George Pateras, President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping Return to the Main Area - Rita Marques, Secretary of State of Tourism of Portugal - Teresa Parejo Navajas, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Iberia Key Results from the Parallel Series, Rapporteurs - Andy Hecker, Managing Port Director and CFO, Port of Miami - Nizar Tagi, Owner and Director, Marinas Yachts Realty, Montenegro Ask the Ministers Q&A (for the press and delegates) - Ivan Bassato, Chief Aviation Ocer and Accountable Manager, Aeroporti di Roma

PROGRAMME – PART 2

Parallel Session at the Hotel - National stakeholders

12:00- 13:15 Light Lunch

13:15-13:25 Opening remarks by Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Director General for Tourism Policy of the Ministry of Tourism of Greece

13:25-14:45 Roundtable with Greek Stakeholders

Moderator: Konstantina Tsakopoulou, Deputy Head of Research Studies and Documenta- tion - Ministry of Tourism of Greece

- George Vernikos, President of Vernikos Yachts and Founding Member of Greenpeace Hellas - Michael Skoulikidis, President of Greek Yachting Association - Stavros Katsikadis, President of Greek Marinas Association - Andreas Stylianopoulos, CEO, Navigator Travel and Tourist Services Ltd. - Alexandros Vasilikos, President of Hellenic Chamber of Hotels - Angelos Karakostas, President of Hellenic Ports Association - Aris Ikkos, Scientiﬁc Director of Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation

14:50-15:00 Closing Remarks by Kefala Stavroula, Head of Research Directorate, Ministry of Tourism of Greece