Focus:
The 2025 G20 Tourism Agenda will continue discussions in recognition of the work previously done by the former G20 Presidencies, and in line with South Africa’s 2025 G20 Presidency theme, Solidary, Equality, Sustainability.
Priorities:
- Travel and tourism start-ups.
- Tourism financing and investment.
- Air connectivity to enhance travel and tourism.
- Resilience for sustainable tourism development.
Deliverables:
Deliverable 1:
Report on travel and Tourism start-ups as a means of support to small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs)
Small, medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up to 80% of all tourism businesses. In May 2022, the UN Tourism launched a Digital Futures Programme, designed to accelerate the adoption of new technology among tourism enterprises. The UN World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) Digital Futures Programme for (SMEs seeks to accelerate economic recovery of the tourism sector by supporting SMEs to unleash digital technologies to create jobs and enhance future resilience in the linkages of the tourism value chain post-COVID-19. The UNWTO Digital Futures Programme for SMEs has the ambition to reach out to at least one million SMEs and to increase their competitiveness across six key digital dimensions: connectivity; business growth; e-commerce; big data and analytics; and payments and security, by providing online trainings that uptake the use of digital technologies and tools. (https://www.unwto.org/events/launching-event-of-the-unwto-digital-futures-programme).
Deliverable 2:
Tourism financing and investment seminar
Action 4 on sustainable development and financing for the development of the Pact for the Future Declaration of 2024, the UN Summit of the Future affirms commitment to closing the financing gap facing developing countries to prevent a lasting sustainable development divide, widening inequality between and among countries and a further erosion of trust in international relations and the multilateral system.
(https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-pact-for-the-future-rev.3.pdf)
The UN Summit for the Future is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to deliver a better present, and safeguard the future. The summit was deemed necessary since the world is not on track to meet the goals already set, nor is the world effectively rising to new challenges or opportunities.
Deliverable 3:
G20 Tourism report on air connectivity to enhance travel and tourism
Direct flights are essential for boosting arrivals and have a positive impact on tourism growth. It is therefore important for the G20 members to establish more direct connections and recover those that were lost.
A survey on air connectivity by G20 member states, with the outcomes of the survey to be used to produce a G20 Tourism report on air connectivity to enhance travel and tourism.
Deliverable 4:
Report on resilience for sustainable development in the G20 Tourism sector
The G20 member states should encourage a new growth trajectory towards inclusive tourism growth. A sustainable and resilient tourism revival is critical, not only for the jobs and businesses that it supports but also for its interconnectedness and ability to be a catalyst for broader economic growth. Thus, it is essential to consider preparedness for future disasters that may affect the tourism sector.
A survey on the resilience of the G20 member states for sustainable tourism development. The survey will produce a report on the preparedness of the G20 tourism sector to survive for future disasters that may hinder the sector.
