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Planet, people, peace for Costa Rica
Costa Rica is to host 6th edition of the International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Planet, People, Peace,
Main objective to "celebrate and promote the tourism sector’s contribution to building a better world" the conference will bring together entrepreneurs and world leaders from different sectors to exchange knowledge and share experiences.
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís and the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifai will be in charge of opening the conference and present experts in tourism and environment, who will present their papers between 9 and 11 October.
More than 110 global experts in sustainable tourism from 26 countries on all 5 continents have offered their views in the five previous editions, attended by more than a thousand national and international attendees.
The 2017 edition "is even more special for the tourism industry" according to Mauricio Ventura, Tourism Minister of Costa Rica, as well as celebrating this international year "the UN honored our country with the appointment of President Luis Guillermo Solís as special ambassador ".
The Costa Rican tourism development model is based on "three axes of action: social, environmental and economic, as a tool for the promotion of culture, the authenticity of peoples and to promote the social and economic well-being of the communities. "
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