FiturNext 2023 Dedicates Four Days to Sustainability

FiturNext 2023 prepares four days dedicated to sustainability by presenting the report “Towards a regenerative tourism.”

The document emphasizes the importance of the restoration of the natural environment as a tourist model that contributes to sustainability and combats climate change.

FiturNext, the FITUR observatory, is dedicated to promoting sustainable tourism in partnership with CAF – Development Bank of Latin America. Four conferences have been launched by FiturNext that emphasize the importance of tourism's contribution to the restoration of the natural environment. The inauguration featured the presentation of "Towards Regenerative Tourism", a report that outlines good sustainable practices and the key conclusions of the Observatory's analysis throughout the edition.

Francisco Rodriguez, who is the head of the Tourism Area at Ideas for Change and the entity that developed the research, was responsible for explaining the main points of the report. He pur accent on the fact "that the objective of tourism must be to have a clearly positive impact. To this end, regenerative tourism is the strongest bet".

Award ceremony for the participants of the event

One of the highlights is the celebration of the awards ceremony to recognize the winners and finalist projects of the 2023 Challenge. Oscar Caro, CEO of Plogging Tour, Sandra Benbeniste (Director of the Iberostar Group EMEA Sustainability Office), and Nani Andres Pozueta and Juan Andres Pozueta (co-founders of Green Pepper Travel), collected the awards at the ceremony. It's worth mentioning Christian Asinelli (Vice-President Director, Strategic Programming, CAF Presidency), and Dr. Daniela Moreno (member of the FiturNext Advisory Board), who presented the awards along with the Ideas for Change team.

Following the presentation, Javi Creus (Founder and Strategy Director at Ideas for Change) moderated a roundtable discussion on "From corporate social liability to sectoral responsibility". Sector experts like Miwi Clavera (Managing Director of Dirse) highlighted the importance of bringing together companies to solve problems and share their knowledge. Antonia del Toro (CSR Director at Grupo Pinero) added that collaboration between sectors and companies can lead to improvements in the world's sustainability awareness through partnerships.

Asinelli stated that the organization is working to be the green bank for Latin America and the Caribbean. 40% of the funding will go to projects related to biodiversity and climate change. We will contribute in this way to the development and promotion of sustainable and regenerative tourist that enhances the rich cultural and natural heritage of the region and values ecosystem services.

FiturNext 2023's inaugural ceremony

The stand hosted talks with the winners of the edition throughout the day to discuss how they can contribute to responsible tourism that is more sustainable for the environment and the local community. Caro had a conversation about sport as a tool to transform territories with Juan Martorell (deputy director of Consejo Superior de Deportes), and Beatriz Soliva (director of institutional relations at Plogging Tour). Benbeniste, Isabel Benitez (journalist and consultant), discussed how to revitalize the tourism environment in order to increase its value.

The day ended with Angulo, Pozueta and Kris Ubach having a conversation. The speakers shared strategies and tools to improve planet health via regenerative tourism during the session.

FiturNext 2023 will be held at the Ifema exhibition center until Saturday 21 January. The first day of FiturNext 2023 was opened. Francisco Rodriguez moderated a roundtable discussion on "Regenerative Public Policies" with Marta Domenech (Director of Tourism of Catalonia) and Isabel Vidal Tomas (Director of Tourism of Balearic Islands).

Experts from the tourism industry, such as Arturo Bravo (Vice-Minister of Tourism of Colombia) and Frederico Granato (President of the National Parks of Argentina), will also be present within the CAF space. Past winners and finalists will be present along with speakers like Antonia Varela from Starlight Foundation, Alberto Pordomingo from Apadrina un Olivo and Gemma Rosello from Sentir el Alto Tajo. Sandra Carvao from the World Tourism Organization, Miguel Carrasco from Predif and finalists from the 2023 Challenge, such as Olga Caro of Procoreef, and David Leventhal, Playa Viva.

 

Source: traveldailynews.com