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World Travel Market – World Responsible Tourism Day 2016

The World Travel Market this year celebrates 20 years of Responsible Tourism and 10 years of World Responsible Tourism Day at the Excel Centre in London.

At this year’s event will host the most comprehensive, search and thought provoking agenda on responsible tourism. The programme will explore how far the travel industry has embraced responsible tourism and how it might look in 20 years.

The pick of the events include on Tuesday 8th November the responsible tourism awards and networking sessions:

10:30-12:30 World Responsible Tourism Awards Global Stage AS950

14:00 – 15:15 Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals Platinum Suite 3

RT Networking Reception at Platinum Suite 1 at 17.45 to 18.45

On Wednesday 9th November there are three key sessions

11:15 – 12:15 Destination and Place Management. Platinum Suite 1

12:15 – 13:30 Communicating Responsible Tourism: advocacy & marketing. Platinum Suite 1 where Christopher Warren Director of the ICRT Australia will discuss findings from research field tests on behaviour change at tourist accommodation

15:30 – 16:30 Building a Sustainable and Peaceful World through Tourism – In Support of the UN International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Platinum Suite 1