The meeting will bring together senior officials, authorities and experts in tourism to engage on the G20 tourism priorities
South African Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille will host the Second G20 Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting that will take place from May 11 to May 13, in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
According a press statement, de Lille will address delegates and media at a ceremony to mark the Second G20 TWG meeting.
The statement adds that the meeting will bring together senior officials, authorities and experts in tourism to engage on the G20 tourism priorities that are poised to drive sustainable tourism growth among the member countries.
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According to the statement, at the first virtual G20 TWG meeting in March, the member countries agreed on four priorities that will inform the G20 action plan on tourism development, namely, a ‘People-centred Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Innovation to enhance travel and tourism start-ups and SMMEs’, ‘Tourism Financing and Investment to Enhance Equality and Promote Sustainable Development’, ‘Air Connectivity for Seamless Travel’ and an ‘Enhanced Resilience for Inclusive, Sustainable Tourism Development’.
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Director-General of the South African Tourism Department, Nkhumeleni Victor Vele, will chair the second meeting that will foster an exchange of knowledge and best practice among the member countries.
The statement adds that the technical meeting will engage on the G20 Tourism Priorities to enable the development of a G20 Tourism Action Plan that will contribute to the multisector policy driven solutions of the G20 Agenda.
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