Prior to the G-20 (Group of 20) Summit scheduled to be held in Seoul in November 2010, the T20 Tourism Ministers' Meeting will be held on October 11th to 13th in Buyeo, Chungcheongnam Province.
Member nations chose Seoul as the next T20 Venue during the inaugural T20 which ended on February 24th, in Johannesburg, South Africa. T20, which was initiated by the government of South Africa and supported by UNWTO (the World Tourism Organization), was launched with the aim of promoting tourism in order to make valuable contributions to the global economy. Membership is restricted to those countries that are also a part of the Group of 20.
The T20 is scheduled to precede the G20, which will be held in November.
The first T20 meeting (held in South Africa) was attended by the tourism ministers and working officials of each of the G20 nations, with the exception of the United States and Great Britain. During the meeting, the group developed a statement expressing the group's specific purposes of promoting economic growth and creating jobs through tourism while strengthening international cooperation in the field of tourism.
Member nations chose Seoul as the next T20 Venue during the inaugural T20 which ended on February 24th, in Johannesburg, South Africa. T20, which was initiated by the government of South Africa and supported by UNWTO (the World Tourism Organization), was launched with the aim of promoting tourism in order to make valuable contributions to the global economy. Membership is restricted to those countries that are also a part of the Group of 20.
The T20 is scheduled to precede the G20, which will be held in November.
The first T20 meeting (held in South Africa) was attended by the tourism ministers and working officials of each of the G20 nations, with the exception of the United States and Great Britain. During the meeting, the group developed a statement expressing the group's specific purposes of promoting economic growth and creating jobs through tourism while strengthening international cooperation in the field of tourism.
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About T.20
The T.20 is a members-driven initiative with the full support of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The initiative emerged in response to the UNWTO [Roadmap for Recovery] and is aimed primarily at discussing tourism's valuable contribution to global economic recovery and the long-term 'green' transformation.
The main objectives of this initiative are :
- Position tourism as a driver of economic, social and environmental change.
- Explore the potential for tourism and travel to support the economic recovery as well as the long term transformation to a green economy.
- Better articulate and communicate the economic and development case for tourism.
- Mainstream travel and tourism sector's voice in the global agenda by building a more effective voice.
- Mobilise a collective effort among tourism ministers towards building a sensible tourism policy frame-work that will help influence country-level, as well as international, economic and development policies.
