About the World Ecotourism Conferences

OBJECTIVES:
The World Ecotourism
Conference is organized by DISCOVERYMICE, an affiliate
member of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The
Conference is an ambitious initiative to bring global
ecotourism players together to network, collaborate and
share their experiences, best practices and technologies
for the advancement of nature conservation, environment
protection, renewable energies, preservation of
communities and their cultures and consequently the
advancement of ecotourism around the world.
A key objective of the World Ecotourism Conference is to help and support host countries that are in need of a global platform to champion, position or support ecotourism policies and initiatives that will bring transformational changes for the betterment of their economies, people or environment. In addition to Government facilitation, the private sector, academia and civil societies have an obligation to pool their resources and realize common aims and objectives; a concerted commitment to enshrine ecotourism principles, sustainable development and best practices in national tourism policies.
ORGANISATION
The World Ecotourism Conference is the most prestigious
ecotourism conference to be organized for both public
and private sector tourism players in the ecotourism
fraternity. With the support of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
and the Asia Pacific Ecotourism Society (APES) as well as
encouragement of various ecotourism societies and
associations worldwide, the World Ecotourism Conference usually invites
over 30 renowned speakers and moderators and attracts between 250 to 600 key tourism players
from over 30 countries. It attracts extensive media coverage in the region
and around the world.
BENEFITS
The World Ecotourism
Conference will enable top industry policy
makers, stakeholders, sellers and buyers of eco-based
tourism products to meet and share common ideas
beneficial to all parties. It provides an excellent
opportunity to network with eco-tour operators,
eco-hotels/resorts, travel-trade partners, industry
experts and gather the latest information, trends and
updates, exchanging business and development ideas and
exploring other untapped market segments and
opportunities in the region.
The event will feature some of world's best authority in sustainable tourism and ecotourism as well as eco-sites and projects with best practices in local community welfare and wildlife conservation, and most importantly to market and manage the business of ecotourism.