Calendar of Events as of February 2020
16-17 UNWTO Acceleration Programme Madrid, Spain 01 20 Gala Dinner FITUR FITUR, Madrid, Spain 21 Final of the Second Global Startup Competition FITUR, Madrid, Spain 22 Launch of the UNWTO Global Tourism Dashboard FITUR, Madrid, Spain 24 Committee on Tourism and Competitiveness FITUR, Madrid, Spain 24 50th Meeting of the Board of the Affiliate Members FITUR, Madrid, Spain
02 20-22 UNWTO Global Tourism Investment Forum in Africa Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
3 – 8 ITB Berlin Berlin, Germany 03 TBC Launch of the Climate Change Innovation Challenge Berlin, Germany 11-13 XI World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism Andorra la Vella, Andorra 63rd meeting of the Regional Commission for Africa and Tourism 25-27 Seychelles Tech Adventure Launch of the Spain: Social Impact & Rural Development Startup TBC Madrid, Spain Competition
UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure & National Tourism Startup TBC Brazil Competition 04 14th UNWTO Asia-Pacific Executive Training Programme on Tourism 7-11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Policy and Strategy 46th meeting of the Regional Commission for 8-9 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the Middle East and Tourism Tech Adventure 19 - 22 Arabian Travel Market Dubai 30 Apr - UNWTO Conference on Tourism and the Audiovisual Industry Riviera Maya, Mexico 2 May Calendar of Events as of February 2020
TBC International Symposium on Mature Destinations Palma de Mallorca, Spain 05 11-13 Rural Tourism Development Forum Minsk, Belarus 21-22 UNWTO World Congress on Sports Tourism Lloret de Mar, Spain 65th meeting of the Regional Commission for the Americas Global 28-29 (tbc) Jamaica Summit on Innovation, Resilience and Crisis Management
TBC UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure Colombia 6th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism 1-3 Bruges, Belgium 06 Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition 112th session of the Executive Council & 10-12 Tbilisi, Georgia UNWTO Investments Forum 16-17 Conference on Tourism and Accessibility Ecuador 65th meeting of the Regional Commission for Europe & 22-24 Uzbekistan EBRD Conference 29 Jun - 32nd joint meeting of the Regional Commissions for Sri Lanka 1 Jul Asia Pacific and South Asia TBC Tourism Tech Adventure Maldives
08 TBC Final of the UNWTO Travel for Good Acceleration Programme Nairobi, Kenya
TBC 113th session of the Executive Council TBC
09 15-17 Brand Africa Conference Windhoek, NAMIBIA MERCOSUR (Argentina, 27 World Tourism Day: “Tourism and Rural Development” Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) Calendar of Events as of February 2020
TBC International Conference on Tourism for Development Pyongyang, DPRK 10 TBC 9th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism Baku, Azerbaijan 9-10 10th G20 Tourism Ministers Meeting Saudi Arabia 5th UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism 15-18 Alentejo, Portugal “Tourism Tech Adventures and Startups Competition” 20 EXPO 2020 Dubai
TBC UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure & Startup Competition Portugal 42nd UNWTO Affiliate Members Plenary Session and 51st Meeting Madrid, Spain or Durban, TBC 11 of the Board of the Affiliate Members South Africa (tbc) TBC International Conference on Ecotourism and Rural Tourism Iran 5 - 7 UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit WTM, London, UK 30 Nov - Joint Regional UNWTO/UEMOA Seminar: Strengthening Tourism Dakar, Senegal 2 Dec Resilience Fostering – Proposals to Improve Traveller Security