Tourism Leaders’ Summit 2017 draws local and international attention

The annual Tourism Leader Summit which takes place for the third consecutive year is billed to draw attention from the industry both local and international says the organizers, the Alumni of Tourism and Hospitality Management of the University of Colombo. The mega event will be held on 4 October at the BMICH while the International Research Symposium will be held a day before: 3 October at the same venue. Both events commence at 8 a.m.

This year’s core theme, as announced earlier, is ‘Sustainable Tourism for Development; Way Forward For Sri Lanka’, which is in line with the global them envisaged by the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization. The Ministry of Tourism Development and the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority are the main partners of the event who have augmented the entire outlook of the occasion by endorsement and collaboration.

The organizers making an official announcement confirm the participation of both local and international participants and speakers. It is a singular platform where the academics, practitioners and professional in the trade will deliberate on wide range of pertinent topics. Such key topics include: A contemporary review of Sri Lanka Tourism vision 2025, Challenges, collaborations and partnerships for Sri Lanka Tourism, Forum for global best practices – Way forward for Sri Lanka Tourism , Successful tourism promotion via diplomatic missions and Innovations, strategies and implementation for Sri Lanka Tourism strategy 2017-2020.