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3rd Global Summit on
Peace through Tourism The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) is honored to invite your participation in the 3rd Global Summit on Peace through Tourism being held at the award winning Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya, Thailand, October 2-5, 2005. The Summit is in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the UN Millennium Development Goals. It is being organized by the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT); supported by the Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB); and with the support of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). The Theme of the Summit is: One Earth, One Family: Travel and Tourism - Serving a Higher Purpose. The Aim of the Summit is to develop a 21st Century Agenda for Peace through Tourism that addresses key global issues of our time including A sustained travel industry response to economic and social re-vitalization of tsunami affected areas; Promoting cultural and international understanding, tolerance, and cooperation; Poverty reduction; Healing the wounds of conflict; Ecological enhancement and preservation of biodiversity. The Summit seeks to facilitate strategic partnerships and alliances among governments, the private sector, donor agencies, and NGOs to achieve these goals. The program is designed to demonstrate and share information on current initiatives that are contributing to a 21st Century Agenda for Peace through Tourism. Special Focus on Travel Industry Response to Post-Tsunami Revitalization: A key goal of the 3rd Global Summit on Peace through Tourism is to develop a sustained travel industry response to the social and economic revitalization of tsunami affected countries in support of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). A plenary session to be moderated by PATA President and CEO Peter DeJong will focus on identifying actions and strategies by which the travel and tourism industry can make a significant contribution to the long term re-development of tsunami affected areas, particularly areas which thrive on tourism. The Summit will also feature a workshop where the actions and strategies brought forward in the plenary session will be discussed further an with a view to developing partnering relationships and a coordinated approach to initiatives contributing to the sustained re-development and re-vitalization of tsunami affected areas. Program: In addition to Plenary sessions with prominent keynote speakers, the Summit program includes concurrent sessions with presentations of "Success Stories" and "Models of Best Practice" on a range of topics. Also, a series of special Forums and Meetings are scheduled for Sunday, October 2nd. Forums are: Educators Forum - Youth Leadership Forum - Young Professionals Forum &endash; and Forums on Community Tourism -Inter-Faith Dialogue- and Cultural Tourism. Meetings of the IIPT Coalition of Partners for World Peace through Tourism, and IIPT Chapters will also be held on Sunday, October 2nd. All registered delegates are welcome to both the forums and meetings.
Call for Success Stories & Best Practices: Persons interested in presenting a Success Story or Model of Best Practice are invited to send a one page abstract to: summit2005@iipt.org. Abstracts are requested by August 15. We look forward to receiving your ideas for presentation.
Participants: The 3rd Global Summit will bring together senior executives from all sectors of the travel and tourism industry, public and private; donor agencies and NGO's; leading educators, researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, future leaders of the industry; and senior representatives from related sectors including: Culture, Sport, Environment, and Sustainable Economic Development.
Registration: Delegates may submit registration online, by fax, or regular mail. For more details, visit www.iipt.org/3rdglobalsummit/and click on Register, in the top far right on the blue banner bar, when online.
Should you be affiliated with an organization that would like to partner with IIPT, we invite you to learn more about becoming a Coalition Partner or Supporting Organization. Please contact us for more details on partnership opportunities.
Sponsors: IIPT is proud to have the following Sponsors of the 3rd Global Summit on Peace through Tourism: Resorts Condominiums International (RCI), Reed Travel Exhibitions, and ETurbo News. Should you be interested in learning more about Summit Sponsorship opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Foundations:
The 3rd Global Summit builds on the foundations of 16 previous IIPT Conferences and Summits:
Global Summits in Amman (2000) and Geneva (2003);
African Conferences on Peace through Tourism in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (2001), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2003); and Lusaka, Zambia (2005);
Earlier Global Conferences in Vancouver (1988), Montreal (1994), Glasgow (1999) and; Smaller conferences and symposia in Italy, Turkey, Greece, Australia, the Caribbean, Pakistan, Israel, United States and United Kingdom.
For more details on the Summit, please visit our website: www.iipt.org/3rdglobalsummit/ Information about the Summit is also found in our most recent newsletter posted online at http://www.iipt.org/newsletter/IIPTJuly2005-2.html.
Your assistance in promoting the Summit through your various networks would be greatly appreciated. We look forward to your joining us in Thailand and your collaboration in Building a Culture of Peace through Tourism.
Louis DAmore IIPT Founder and President International Institute for Peace through Tourism 685 Cottage Club Road, Unit #13 Stowe, VT 05672, USA Web: www.iipt.org/3rdglobalsummit/ Email: summit@iipt.org Tel: 1.802.253.2658 Fax: 1.802.253.2645 |