More Than 20 Universities from Around the World Will Participate in the Tenerife Global Summit 2024

14.05.2024 - 08:56 / breakingtravelnews.com / Natalia Bayona

More than 20 universities from around the world will present research at the Tenerife Global Summit 2024, which will be held from 19 to 21 June 2024. The conference will bring together national and international experts from different fields related to the tourism sector to discuss the state of the art of the industry and the challenges it faces.

It will feature the participation of prominent speakers, including Natalia Bayona, from UN Tourism, and Antonio Santos, President of the Tourism Think Tank.

The Tenerife Global Summit 2024 is considered one of the largest tourism knowledge events at an international level – and is only the third of its kind to be held, after those of 1994 and 2004, which took place in Scotland.

Registration to attend the event, which is open to sector professionals and the general public interested in the challenges facing tourism, is now open at www.tenerifetsa2024.com. The event is backed by the World Tourism Organisation and includes the participation of the Tenerife Island Council, through Tenerife Tourism Corporation, the University of La Laguna – where the event will be held – and the Scottish University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Students and professors from around the globe will present papers across a range of topics, such as the challenges of tourism intelligence, inclusivity and sustainability and smart tourism destinations. Some of these institutions include the Federal University of Tourism of Rio Grande do Norte and the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil); the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Madrid, Carlos III University, the University of Deusto and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain); the University of Savoie Mont-Blanc (France); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel); the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí and the University of Guadalajara (Mexico); Aveiro University, the Polytechnic Institute of Braganza and the University of Algarve (Portugal); the University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic); Swansea University (UK); Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton and the University of Central Florida (USA).

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Panel of experts

The prestigious experts who will participate in the event include Natalia Bayona, Executive Director of Tourism of the UN, who has been responsible for the promotion of tourism in Colombia in the MERCOSUR trade bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). Resident in Spain since 2016, where she was Vice-President of the Spain Startup-South Summit, she then joined UN Tourism to lead its newly created Department of Innovation, Education and Investment. She regularly gives lectures and masterclasses at renowned universities worldwide, including Harvard, Cornell and MIT.

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