UNWTO Second World Conference on Tourism and Culture Coming to Oman

The UNWTO has announced that their second World Conference on Tourism and Culture will be held in Muscat, on December 11th and 12th, 2017.

As per a statement released by the UNWTO, the conference will be a stage for bringing together ministers of tourism and culture from around the world for strengthening and building partnerships within those two sectors.

To quote the statement, “The Conference will address a wide range of topics, including governance models, tourism development and protection of cultural heritage, culture and tourism in urban development and creativity, and explore the nature/culture interface in tourism as a vehicle for sustainable development in destinations worldwide.”

The first World Conference on Tourism and Culture was held in Siam Reap, Cambodia, from February 4th to 6th, 2016.