GSTC2022 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Moderator: Luigi Cabrini – Chairman, GSTC

Speakers:
• Albert Salman – President, Green Destinations
• Gina Bunton – Chief International Operations Officer, Tahiti Tourisme
• Bijan Khazai– CEO, Hotel Resilient
• Ulf Sonntag – Managing Director, Institute for Tourism Research in Northern Europe (NIT)
• Michael Holmes – Head of Marketing, Global Rescue

Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue facing the world today. Tourism is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector. Climate defines the length and quality of tourism seasons and plays a major role in destination choice and tourist spending. Climate affects a wide range of environmental resources that are critical attractions for tourism, such as snow conditions, wildlife productivity and biodiversity, water levels and quality. Climate also has an important influence on environmental conditions that can deter tourists, including infectious disease, wildfires, insect or water-borne pests, and extreme events such as tropical cyclones. In this session we will explore the implications of climate change and climate policy for tourism sectors and destinations around the world, adaptation and mitigation responses by all major tourism stakeholders, and the integral links between climate change and sustainable tourism.

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