Second Global Conference
Building a Sustainable
World Through Tourism
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1994
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the Conference is to launch travel and tourism as a "Global Peace Insdustry" and to develop concrete proposals for action in support of this millennium vision.
The objectives are:
- Broad-based participation from 80 or more countries, representing all sectors of the travel and tourism industry, and related sectors including parks, culture, heritage, and environment.
- Presentation and discussion of 200 "Sucess Stories" from around the world as concrete examples and models of the vital role of the travel and tourism industry in contributing to a peaceful and sustainable world.
- Sharing of ideas and ideals, visions and concepts, experiences and aspirations as a basis for developing concrete proposals for action for broad distribution as a "Montreal Charter - Tourism 2000".
- Formation of IIPT Membership Organization with a commitment of members to a Millennium Project in support of the millennium vision: Travel and Tourism - A Global Peace Industry.
- Coming together again in reunion and celebration of acomplishments and to expand the mutually supportive networks which began in Vancouver.
Honorary Chairperson
Queen Noor of Jordan
Second Global Conference
Building a Sustainable
World Through Tourism
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1994
The aim of the Conference is to launch travel and tourism as a "Global Peace Insdustry" and to develop concrete proposals for action in support of this millennium vision.
The objectives are:
- Broad-based participation from 80 or more countries, representing all sectors of the travel and tourism industry, and related sectors including parks, culture, heritage, and environment.
- Presentation and discussion of 200 "Sucess Stories" from around the world as concrete examples and models of the vital role of the travel and tourism industry in contributing to a peaceful and sustainable world.
- Sharing of ideas and ideals, visions and concepts, experiences and aspirations as a basis for developing concrete proposals for action for broad distribution as a "Montreal Charter - Tourism 2000".
- Formation of IIPT Membership Organization with a commitment of members to a Millennium Project in support of the millennium vision: Travel and Tourism - A Global Peace Industry.
- Coming together again in reunion and celebration of acomplishments and to expand the mutually supportive networks which began in Vancouver.
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The First Global Conference: Tourism - A Vital Force For Peace, held in Vancouver, October 1988, was a memorable experience for all those in attendance. The theme and programme were based on the philosophy and principles expressed in the Manila Decleration of the World Tourism Organization (1980). The conference heightened awareness of the vital role of the travel and tourism industry in contributing to world peach through: -promoting mutual understanding, trust, and goodwill -improving the quality of the environment, both built and natural; and -contributing to the World Conservation Strategy of "Sustainable Development." The Second Global Conference: Building A Sustainable World Through Tourism will build on the "Vancouver Experience" and focus on concrete examples from around the world, which clearly demonstrate the potential of the travel and tourism industry to contribute to a sustainable and peaceful world - peace within the global family, and peace with nature. |
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| The Conference brings together participants from around the world. Participants are from the diverse sectors of the travel and tourism industry, both public and private, non-governmental organizations (NGO's) and related sectors including parks, culture, heritage, recreation and the full range of exchange programmes aimed at promoting international understanding. Persons attending are from senior management, educators, writers, editors, consultants, administrators, researchers, historians, tourism lawyers, politicians, clergymen, landscape architects, environmentalists, urban designers and professionals of other areas of interest. The programme is designed to explore linkages among there various sectors and collaborative inter-disciplinary approaches to acheiving the aims of the conference. |
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| The programme will include five plenary sessions featuring 15 internationall prominent keynote speakers. Case studies of "Success Stories" are the focus of five concurrent sessions. More than 200 sucess stories have been assembled from around the world in 12 theme-related topic areas as indicated below. These sucess stories represent the "real life" state of the art in sustainable tourism development from the grass roots, to the national and international level. The programme includes a Networking Service, "Ideas Exchange", task group discussions, an International Student Forum, and an IIPT organizational meeting. The Conference will be designed to maximize participation and interaction among delegates with a view towards networking, the exchange of ideas, and the development of proposals for action. | |||||||||