Ministers' Summit Challenges Sector to Rethink Tourism Industry at WTM 

06-10-22

Tourism leaders from across the globe will convene again for the Ministers' Summit at World Travel Market London, 7-9 November 2022.

The summit, which is organised in association with UNWTO and the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) will facilitate a debate around ways to reimagine the sector's future - driving its economic development while tackling the climate crisis.

The world's largest annual gathering of tourism ministers will take place on Tuesday 8 November 2022 during World Travel Market – the foremost global event for the travel industry, where 'The Future of Travel Starts Now'.

Since 2007, World Travel Market London and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have worked together to host the top-level annual summit, focusing on key opportunities and challenges facing the sector.

The 2022 Summit will provide a timely forum for the UNWTO, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and government ministers, representing every region across the world, to join tourism leaders from the private sector to share ideas, shape future policies and support recovery.

Zeinab Badawi, BBC World News journalist will moderate the summit, bringing together both the public and private sector, to ensure a fair but thought-provoking discussion is had.

UNWTO, as the United Nations agency for tourism, is leading the conversation as the sector looks to build a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable sector.

It helped shape the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, which launched officially at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) last November and has attracted more than 600 signatories in less than a year.

In July, the UNWTO held its Global Youth Tourism Summit, which concluded with the launch of the Sorrento Call to Action, a bold and ground-breaking vision for young people to be active participants in tourism's sustainable, inclusive recovery.

WTTC recently launched its Net Zero Roadmap for the global travel and tourism sector, which will support the industry in combating climate change. The roadmap provides concrete guidelines and recommendations to help guide businesses on their journey towards net zero.