Source:www.iipt.org
IIPT Caribbean together with the IIPT International Community Tourism Network and Countrystyle Community Tourism Network will be celebrating the launch of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism on January 18 at the Mandeville Hotel, Manchester, Jamaica as the official UNWTO launch takes place in Madrid, Spain. Community Tourism will be the focus of the Mandeville event.
The UN International Year will promote tourism’s role in five key areas: Inclusive and sustainable economic growth; social inclusiveness, employment and poverty reduction; resource efficiency, environmental protection and climate change; cultural values, diversity and heritage; and mutual understanding, peace and security.
This Diaspora inspired special occasion aligns with the Jamaica Economic Growth Council's recommendations for "Harnessing the power of the Diaspora" with the introduction of a Global Diaspora Engagement Plan (GDEP), designed to bring Global Diaspora and Community Businesses as Villages together for economic opportunities, job creation and inclusive growth, building on family links and wider relationships that exist between Jamaica and the UK/USA/Canada.
Keynote Speaker for the event will be Ms. Maureen Denton, Executive Director & Head of Growth Secretariat Economic Growth Council and Diana McIntyre Pike, President, IIPT Caribbean and Countrystyle Community Tourism Network. The official welcome will be given by His Worship the Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell .
For more information:Countrystyle Community Tourism Network, e:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or tel. 876-507-6326 www.villagesasbusinesses.com
About IIPT
The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering travel and tourism initiatives that contribute to international understanding, cooperation among nations, an improved quality of environment, cultural enhancement and the preservation of heritage, poverty reduction, reconciliation and healing wounds of conflicts; and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world. It is founded on a vision of the world’s largest industry, travel and tourism – becoming the world’s first global peace industry; and the belief that every traveler is potentially an “Ambassador for Peace.”
For more information:
IIPT Website: www.iipt.org
Tel: (802) 253-8671
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