Bellamy to keynote 1st PATA Sustainable Tourism Conference

Wednesday, 28 Feb, 2002 0

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced that Professor David Bellamy, botanist, writer and broadcaster, will deliver the keynote address at the 1st PATA Sustainable Tourism Conference, October 23-26, 2002 in Western Java, Indonesia. His speech will be entitled “Tourism: The Way Ahead to Sustainability and Beyond.”

The theme for the 1st PATA Sustainable Tourism Conference is: “Protecting Indigenous Culture and the Environment for Sustainable Growth.”

The event is being developed as a forum for the academic community to meet with tourism business people to discuss the development and promotion of sustainable tourism initiatives that are sensitive, practical and profitable.

The conference will feature objective conference sessions and case studies, a tabletop session of some of the regions most unique sustainable projects, an off-site workshop for hand-on audit exercises, and pre- and post-event tour options.