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UNWTO Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries: Pathways to Recovery and Inclusive Development
14/11/2022 - 16/11/2022
In line with Promoting Cultural Heritage; one of the priority areas of the UNWTO Agenda for Africa 2030 –Tourism for inclusive Growth, which was spearheaded by the UNWTO Secretary-General and the programmatic priority of UNWTO on ‘Protect Our Heritage: Social, Cultural and Environmental Sustainability.
This conference is aimed at addressing the current challenges and tapping into emerging opportunities to speed up the global economic recovery.
The conference will build upon the UNWTO and UNESCO joint declarations, notably the 2019 Kyoto Declaration on Tourism and Culture , which advocated for researching linkages between tourism, living cultures and creative industries. It also called for forging collaboration between destinations, communities, academia and the private sector with a view to improve training and research on creative industries and
cultural heritage.
This gathering will showcase good practices demonstrating how creative industries can generate business opportunities and enrich the cultural tourism offer, while providing entrepreneurial skills to traditionally marginalized population groups, diversifying experiences and adding value to the tourism sector.
The event will further discuss how these sectors capitalize income, wealth and resources for local communities and in turn help in the preservation of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage assets.