UNWTO and MSC Foundation to educate on sustainable tourism at sea

07-06-23

The initiative builds on the excellent results of the first Global Youth Tourism Summit (GYTS), held in Sorrento, Italy, in 2022, and will materialise with the creation of the MSC Foundation Youth Lab, a specially equipped facility on the new state-of-the-art, eco-friendly ship. One of the main programmes offered at the Lab will be "GYTS for MSC: A Sustainable Future for Our Next Generations", developed in close cooperation with the UNWTO.

The programme will offer 12 daily sessions with two-hour activities on key topics ranging from ocean health, recycling and climate change to sustainable tourism and social media, all focusing on the "sustainability challenge". These activities are planned with a view to giving young people the freedom to learn, create and express themselves according to their interests and ideas, with an eye on the future.