Published on : Thursday, August 2, 2018
“This summit forms part of my ministry’s efforts to build resilience within the region and globally. Resilience building has become even more crucial in a world that is hyper connected and as such more susceptible to climate change, epidemics and pandemics, terrorism and cybercrime,” Minister Bartlett said.
The resilience summit would be held under the theme ‘Tourism Resilience through Global Synergies.” It would aim to assess existing and emerging disruptions related to tourism management globally; examine the risk of these disruptions to the global tourism product and identify a synergetic strategic and operational framework for mutual partnerships between and among major governmental, non-governmental and business entities to address and develop mitigation strategies for these global disruptions.
The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre is one of the major outcomes of the Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism under the esteemed partnership of the UNWTO, the Government of Jamaica, the World Bank Group and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The centre is slated to be housed at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and will have glorious assembly of committee members, including former UNWTO Secretary-General Dr. Taleb Rifai.
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