#TourismandCulture
Opening Ceremony
Ministerial Segment
Session 1 – Cultural tourism for sustainable and creative cities
Signing Ceremony - UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
Press Conference
Session 2 – Responsible tourism as an ally for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
Session 3 – Ensuring cultural tourism for all and Closing Ceremony
Welcome remarks by H.E. Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey (speech)
Video message from Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO (speech / video)
Welcome remarks by Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General, UNWTO (speech)
Keynote Speech by H.E. Ms. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta (speech)
Session 1 - Cultural tourism for sustainable and creative cities
Ms. Denise Bax, Senior Programme Specialist, Cultural Policies and Development, Culture Sector, UNESCO (video)
Mr. Firuz B. Bağlıkaya, President of Association of Turkish Travel Agencies and Acting Chairman of the Executive Board, İstanbul Convention Bureau (presentation / video)
Mr. Satoshi Uemura, Vice Mayor of Kyoto, Japan (presentation)
Ms. Gillian Wilkinson McDaniel, Principal Director Culture and Creative Industries Policy Division (Acting), Ministry of Culture Gender Entertainment & Sport, Jamaica (presentation)
Mr. Jiao Hui, Division Chief, Chengdu Municipal Commission of Commerce, China (presentation)
Session 2 - Responsible tourism as an ally for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
Ms. Eva Štravs Podlogar, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (presentation)
Mr. M. Öcal Oğuz, President of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO and Chairman of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Expertise Committee (presentation)
Mr. Neville Poelina, Director, Uptuyu Aboriginal Adventures, Australia (presentation / video)
Mr. Amitava Bhattacharya, Founder Director, Banglanatak.com, India (video)
Mr. Ahmed Eiweida, Global Coordinator for Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Tourism, The World Bank (presentation / video)
Session 3 - Ensuring cultural tourism for all through digital transformation
Mr. Dominique Roland, Deputy Director-General of Innovation and Digital Development, Enghien-les-Bains, France (presentation / video)
Ms. Claire Marie Foulquier, Policy and External Relations Manager, Google Arts & Culture (presentation)
Mr. Antonio J. Ingelmo Sierra, Technical Expert, Accessible Technology Department, Fundación ONCE, Spain (presentation / video 1 / video 2)
Closing Session
Photos of the conference
UNWTO Press release
Video message by Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director of the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, The World Bank