Official conference of the UN International Year of
Sustainable Tourism for Development
We are most pleased to announce that the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will be a partner in the UNWTO – IIPT Global Summit: Sustainable Tourism for Development and Peace, Montreal, 17-21 September and that Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA will be a keynote speaker.
Dates of the official UN International Year Conference are 18 & 19 September. The traditional IIPT Educators Forum and Student Forum will be held 17 September and Mr. Timothy Marshall, will Chair the “IIPT Family Meeting” also on 17 September.
The UNWTO – IIPT Global Summit program will continue Wednesday, 20 September and until noon on Thursday 21 September, the UN International Day of Peace. Following the closing plenary session, the UN International Day of Peace will be commemorated with the dedication of an International Peace Park in Montreal as a legacy of the Summit.
We are proud to return to the City, Province and Nation that hosted the first major international Conference on Sustainable Tourism in 1994, the IIPT Global Conference: Building a Sustainable World through Tourism – particularly as 2017 is the 150th Birthday of Canada, 375th birthday of Montreal and as IIPT commemorates its 30th Anniversary year by returning to the place of its birth.