KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett says that his ministry will be hosting the second Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas, under the theme “Building Tourism Resilience for Sustainable Development’.

The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled to take place on October 9 and 10, at The University of the West Indies Mona Campus.

Under the theme, the second Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas will examine and further explore the experience, best practices, and lessons learnt from tourism climatic resilience initiatives around the world, the Tourism Ministry said.

More specifically, the objectives of the summit will be to examine and highlight the lessons learnt from tourism climatic resilience initiatives; examine emerging issues surrounding tourism climatic resilience and sustainable development.

“I anticipate fruitful discussions on capacity building and effective responses to such global disruptions, including tools for effective recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. It is the goal that destinations should not only rebound but also continue to thrive on a path towards development post disruptions,” said Bartlett

According to the ministry, the issues to be examined at the two-day international summit will include corporate social responsibility; leadership; collaboration and partnerships; risk management solutions; legal and regulatory frameworks; communications and the media; crisis management; tools and systems; capacity building; research and development; the use of digital technologies and the Sargassum threat.

Executive Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, which is spearheading the event, Professor Lloyd Waller, also highlighted that “the Resilience Summit of the Americas will be a game changer in terms of the exchange of ideas on resilience and resilience building.”