KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC—The Secretary General of United Nations Tourism, Zurab Pololikashvili, will be among the delegates attending the Global Tourism Resilience Conference and Expo, which will be held February 17-19.
“The participation of the UN Tourism Secretary General at our Global Tourism Resilience Conference represents another pivotal moment for Caribbean tourism,” said Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.
“This high-level engagement underscores Jamaica’s strategic importance as a global hub for innovative tourism development and our commitment to building sustainable, adaptive travel ecosystems. We are honored to provide this critical space for dialogue that will shape the future of international tourism,” he added.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization, now renamed UN Tourism, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible tourism.
The conference will host international tourism leaders, policymakers, and industry experts who will discuss innovative approaches to building resilient tourism ecosystems, particularly in the face of climate change, economic fluctuations, and emerging global challenges.
The organizers said that the three-day event is intended to increase knowledge of digital tools for resilience, renew focus on building resilience, collaborate on resilience solutions, and adopt crisis management technologies.
It will also discuss resilience in Blue Economy management and increased collaboration between tourism stakeholders and global digital technology firms.
“Jamaica continues to be a thought leader in the resilience space, and as we build on our advocacy in this area, we hope to increase capacity building for countries globally,” said Professor Lloyd Waller, Executive Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre.
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