The Tourism Summit of the Americas 2024 is inaugurated

02-12-24

Today, December 2, 2024, the Tourism Summit of the Americas officially opened at the Biscayne Bay campus of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. This event brings together prominent leaders, experts and authorities from across the region to address the challenges and opportunities of the tourism sector in a context of global transformation.

The inaugural day began with a warm welcome to attendees and an opening session led by Julio Orozco, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala. Featured speakers at the session included Harris Whitbeck, Minister of Tourism of Guatemala; Yadira Gómez, Minister of Tourism of Honduras; Luis Carlos Reyes, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia; and Angie Duarte de Melillo, Minister of Tourism of Paraguay. In addition, key figures in U.S. academia and politics, such as Carlos Díaz-Rosillo, founding director of The Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom, and Jeanette Nuñez, Lieutenant Governor of Florida, also participated in the opening.