III National Tourism Summit

On November 28, the III National Tourism Summit will take place in Lviv, at EMILY RESORT. 

The event, launched by the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine as a platform for discussing current issues and challenges facing the industry, has in almost two years of existence grown into an international event attended by the world's leading tourism experts. 

This time the speakers at the III National Tourism Summit will be representatives of UN Tourism (the UN World Tourism Organization): Beka Dzhakeli, Director for External Relations, and Cordula Wohlmuther, Director of the Europe Region. 

Thanks to the event agency Global Events, which approached the State Agency for Tourism Development with an initiative to organize the event with the involvement of business representatives, the III National Tourism Summit will become one of the largest events of the year in Ukraine's tourism sector

Together with representatives of the Office of the President, heads of the relevant departments of city councils and regional state administrations, investors and leading experts of Ukraine's tourism industry, the foreign guests will discuss Ukraine's integration into the European tourism space, taking into account the modern challenges now facing world tourism. Namely: crisis management, adaptation to climate change, balanced economic growth, preservation of cultural heritage and the environment, and support for communities.

In addition to panel discussions, the III National Tourism Summit has 8 TED-style talks planned. Leading experts: Beka Dzhakeli, Director for External Relations of UN Tourism; Mariana Oleskiv, Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine; Andrii Fedoriv, founder of FEDORIV GROUP, marketer and investor; Volodymyr Harazd, CEO of GORO Development, with a presentation of the new GORO resort in Slavske; István Ujhelyi, UN Tourism ambassador and founder of Capital European Affairs, and others will speak about the importance of the tourism sector for economic growth in the regions, preserving authenticity and cultural traditions, and how to achieve a balance between economic growth, social development and environmental protection. 

Anula Halievska, coordinator of the certification of the Bukovel resort under the international programs “Green Destination,” “Green Key” and “Green Globe,” will present the case of creating Ukraine's first certified tourist destination of sustainable development and responsible tourism and will moderate the discussion of the problems of implementing sustainability standards in Ukraine and worldwide.

Organizer of the III National Tourism Summit: event agency Global Events.

The charitable aim of the event is to raise resources for the “Honor” company of the “Da Vinci Wolves” battalion and for the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo.

Event website: https://toursummit.in.ua