UNWTO Conference Slated for Late October in Spain’s Malaga

Regional tourism activities and their overall impact on employment and economic growth will be at the center of the international conference “Knowledge as a Value Added of Tourism Destinations” (Malaga, October 29 to 31).

Organized jointly by UNWTO and the regional Government of Andalusia, this global gathering aims at initiating the constitution of an international network of experts on tourism and regional economies.

The Malaga Conference aims to prove the increasing relevance of measuring the economic contribution of tourism at sub-national levels, which in turn can multiply the benefits of establishing links among tourist destinations.

The event will identify the necessary economic and social information and the appropriate economic analytic tools in the perspective of a more efficient destination management.

Against this background, the Malaga Conference will be the first step towards the creation of an international knowledge network on tourism activity and the tourism economy at sub-national levels. This network will be created after the conference and will contribute to identifying all qualified institutions and researchers in the field of regional economies and tourism.