Responsible and Resilient Tourism

 Frame

At a time when the UN is calling us all in 2027 for the World Year of Resilient Tourism, regenerative tourism is emerging as a model capable of generating the local jobs and financial abundance we need, of reducing and offsetting the impact of tourism, and of engaging travelers so they can make themselves useful in their free time. In short, it enables us to transform the tourism industry into a virtuous economy.

Cross-cutting projects for International Geneva, new forms of impact finance... due to the economic magnitude they represent, the formats transformation of tourism enables us to address all the humanitarian, social and ecological challenges that need to be resolved today.

Come advance each of your initiatives and take advantage of the exclusive opportunities presented at the various Tourism Conferences of the Geneva Forums.

The exchanges between the stakeholders at this meeting will take place in the form of both a Round Table among speakers and subgroup debates involving the Assembly audience.

 Call for Contributions

 Proceedings from Previous Years

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 Program of Monday morning part

PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS

Geneva - Monday, December 8, 2025, Morning

Schedule

▪ 09:00-10:00: Reception in the hall and one-on-one meetings

▪ 10:00: Opening of the Geneva Forum, Introductory notes and protocol, Session introduction M. Thomas EGLI, Host of the Geneva Forum (Geneva Forum) and Session Chair, Switzerland Details  Explanation of the week’s schedule and the contributions of the Geneva Forum,  Reminder of those present,  Progressive advancement throughout the week of impact projects carried out by participants,  Support provided to NGOs with ECOSOC status,  Support for the efforts of UN bodies,  Concept of the Blended Finance Party,  Involvement of everyone during the week in preparation for the Operational Round Table on Friday morning, presenting the results of the Blended Finance Party,  Preparations for everyone’s participation in the Strategic Round Table of the Think Tank on Friday afternoon.  Short interactive and dynamic sessions on the concept of transversal projects between several organizations. Presentation of the concept of inter-sectoral impact projects (each time combining at least two themes of International Geneva). The themes used as examples will illustrate the value of combining regenerative tourism to bring resilient tourism to address the Sustainable Development Goals, the Rights of Nature, and the protection of the oceans.

INTERACTIVE ROUND TABLE Questions and debates on the theme of the regenerative economy, overview of impact projects present in the room, mutual networking among participants.

▪ 11:15: Official inauguration His Excellency Mr. João MIRA GOMES, Ambassador of Portugal to the UN in Geneva M. Thomas EGLI, Host of the Geneva Forum (Geneva Forum) and Session Chair, Switzerland Inauguration of the day and the week, Introductory notes and protocol, Introduction to the session "Regenerative Tourism as a cross-cutting solution for high-impact transformative projects."  Presentation of the objectives and main themes of the day within the framework of the Forum week,  Details of the collaboration between the Geneva Forum and the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN in Geneva,  Presentation of winning practices and success stories (pitches).

▪ 13:00: Closing of the morning

 Program of Monday afternoon part

Geneva - Monday, December 8, 2025, Afternoon

This annual space for sharing enables stakeholders in the field to pool practices, challenges, solutions, ideas, and needs.

SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS

THEME N°1: Sizing cross-silo transversal projects, eligible for impact financing.
THEME N°2: How to propose responsible tourism projects that would serve the Rights of Nature?
THEME N°3: New forms of tourism in favor of the Ocean: Issues, short- and long-term proposals.

At the end of this session, a position paper will be published by the Geneva Forum to compile what was discussed and decided during the session.

 Registration and Memberships

During the Geneva Forum, you can be a member of the audience, contribute ideas for Impact Projects or be in the process of scaling up Impact Projects, propose a Poster presentation, or submit a conference proposal to be delivered at the event. (Deadline for submitting an abstract: see the call for contributions for the conference)

To participate in the Geneva Forum, you must subscribe to the Membership "Event".

Once your membership has been validated, you will receive all the necessary logistical information, as well as the link to generate your badge for each event, a few days beforehand.