Bartlett at COP 28, to Present Inaugural Global Tourism Resilience Awards

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is currently in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he is attending COP 28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2023, with global leaders, government representatives and other leading stakeholders, discussing how to limit and prepare for climate change.

During his visit to the UAE, Minister Bartlett will be presenting the inaugural Global Tourism Resilience Awards.

Five honorary awards will be bestowed on five organisations that have demonstrated global leadership, pioneering vision and innovation to overcome critical challenges and adversity.

The inaugural winners will act as benchmarks of tourism resilience best practice.

The honours will be presented by Minister Bartlett as part of the 30th annual World Travel Awards, taking place at the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah today, December 1, with a VIP audience of global travel leaders in attendance.

The Global Tourism Resilience Awards fall under the stewardship of The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) – an international think-tank headquartered in Jamaica, with satellites in Africa, Canada, and the Middle East.

Founded by Minister Bartlett in 2018, the GTRCMC aims to help tourism stakeholders worldwide prepare for, manage and recover from a crisis.

This is accomplished through providing services such as training, crisis communications, policy advice, project management, event planning, monitoring, evaluation, research and data analytics.

The focus of the GTRCMC includes climate resilience, security and cybersecurity resilience, digital transformation and resilience, entrepreneurial resilience and pandemic resilience.