The organisers of the ‘A World for Travel – Évora Forum,’ the new annual sustainable travel industry event, have confirmed that for this year’s conference will be held from September 16th to 17th 2021.
1. What is the Évora Forum?
A World For Travel – Évora Forum was developed with the purpose of transforming the industry, bringing together stakeholders from the public and private sectors to create a common platform that will reshape Tourism as a more sustainable and responsible activity. With the aim of creating actionable pledges from all delegates and forming a new blueprint for the Travel industry, top specialists in travel economics, environment, city planning, cultural heritage travel, climatology, food development, aeronautic development and cruise will come together for the first time.
3. Experts in the field
Over 140 high level speakers from around the world will participate in a stellar line up of workshops and presentations. These will include Mike Horn, Professional Explorer, Adventurer and Survival Expert with his speech ‘Courage and Perseverance in Difficult Times’. Mike is globally acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest, modern day explorers. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, France’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary General, and Rita Marques, Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism are all confirmed to take the stage.
We look forward to welcoming our industry community to Évora and to what we believe will be a ground-breaking event.
Rita Marques, Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism
3. The event
The first edition of the event will focus on key components of the industry where change is mandatory, identifying the steps that need to be taken and consolidating solutions to be implemented. The conference will approach themes intrinsic to sustainability such as economic model variations, climate impact, tourism’s environmental impact, coastal and marine shifts as well as agricultural and carbon neutral policies.
This event will lead the revolution for the mandatory transformation of the industry for the good of humanity.
Christian Delom, A World for Travel Secretary General
The event is run by Eventiz Media Group, the largest travel media group in France, in partnership with the Global Travel & Tourism Resilience Council and with the support of Visit Portugal, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the World Travel and Tourism Organisation (WTTC). It will have an in-person attendance limitation of 350 attendees, with ticket proceeds mostly channelled to sustainable organisations. It will also be streamed live to thousands of virtual delegates for no charge.
4. Enthusiasm for the event
“The very fact that this summit gathers more than 140 high level speakers is not only testament to the resilience of our industry but also to the commitment and dedication of its leaders to tackle the issues we face without delay. We look forward to welcoming our industry community to Évora and to what we believe will be a ground-breaking event.” stressed Rita Marques, Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism. “Never has the travel industry been under so much pressure, from the environment, climate, technology, social responsibility, safety and health risks, all at the same time. This event will lead the revolution for the mandatory transformation of the industry for the good of humanity.” explained Christian Delom A World for Travel Secretary General.
Taleb Rifai, Co-Chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council also commented: “Sustainability is about sustaining life on earth for future generations, no more, no less. We strive to preserve our environment for future generations to live with a good quality of life, therefore, we must address social, economic and political sustainability as well. These models matter as much as the environmental policies in order to sustain a universal quality of life. Sustainability is not only about conservation or preservation. The challenge is one of innovation and management, both are intrinsic to moving forward, to progress with purpose, and grow in a truly sustainable way.”
