Plenary session «New realities: prospects for tourism cooperation between the BRICS countries»
Business program of the Forum:
21 June
Business session « How to impress those who have already seen everything? Innovations in tourism»
| Ballroom | Tourism sector is gradually changing, tourists are looking for new experiences and are becoming more demanding. What are the ways to impress those who, it would seem, have already seen everything? What new entities and approaches in tourism can raise the travel industry of the BRICS countries to a new level and ensure interest from even the most experienced travelers?
Speakers:
Yuliya Maksutova
Director, Center of International Tourism Development, Center for Strategic Research
Nikolai Saveliev
Founder, Poseidon Expeditions
Rishabh Sethi
Expert analyst of International relations & BRICS / President, Indian Centre for Promotion of International Initiatives
Ma Weizhong
Deputy Director-General, Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting, Television & Tourism, Huzhou Municipal Government (China)
Yuliya Skoromolova
Director, Association of Tourist Aggregators
Timofey Kononenko
Strategy Director, "Tourism.RF" Corporation
Moderator:
Mayya Lomidze
Executive Director, Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR)
Plenary session «New realities: prospects for tourism cooperation between the BRICS countries»
| Ballroom | In an era of pandemic and changing political landscapes, many countries are trending towards domestic tourism, while the links between countries in the context of tourist flows have weakened considerably. But is this really the case? Will international tourism regain its pre-pandemic position or is limited international tourism the new sustainable reality for the BRICS countries?
Speakers:
Maxim Reshetnikov
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Sergey Ryabkov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sherpa of Russia in BRICS (online)
Dmitry Yadrov
Head of the Federal Air Transport Agency
Evgeny Kozlov
First Deputy Head of the Office of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow, Chairman of Moscow City Tourism Committee
Nasise Chali
Minister of Tourism of Ethiopia
Celso Sabino De Oliveira
Minister of Tourism of Brazil
Zhang Zheng
Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China
Amr El-Kady
CEO of the Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Promotion, Ministry of Tourism
Moderator:
Sangadzhi Tarbaev
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Tourism and Tourism Infrastructure Development
Business session «Synergy of cities and the tourism industry: development driver»
| Ballroom | The leisure and hospitality industry is becoming one of the key drivers of economic growth and urban development. The tourism industry provides a powerful driver for the development of urban economies and the creation of new jobs. The cities themselves are interested in the same process, creating the necessary conditions and infrastructure for the industry. How are urban development processes changing the tourism industry and vice versa? How is the digitalization of the leisure and hospitality industry taking place and how does it affect cities?
Speakers:
Evgeny Kozlov
First Deputy Head of the Office of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow, Chairman of Moscow City Tourism Committee
Alexander Eliseev
Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Murmansk Region
Sergey Ivanov
Chairman of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan (online)
Darya Kochetkova
Managing Director Ostrovok
Jagdeep Bhagat
CEO, Vee Bee Tours & Travels and President, Tourism India Alliance
Reza Maleki
Commercial Director of Etours Russia (Iran)
Wang Rui
Head of the National Tourism Office of China in Moscow
Moderator:
Vadim Kovalev
Chairman of the Civil Society Development Commission of the Public Chamber of Moscow
Business session «Sustainable tourism: How it changes travel industry?»
| St Petersburg Hall | Tourism and the hospitality industry are a making great impact on the development of Russian regions today. It is important that the development of tourism correlates with interests of locals, contributes to the development of regional business, with benefits for solving environmental and social problems of the territory and involving consumers of tourist products in provident thinking.
Speakers:
Pavel Smelov
General Director, Center for Strategic Research
Sergey Khvorostyanyy
Deputy General Director for International Relations and Tourism, Rosa Khutor Mountain Resort
Rustam Tapaev
Deputy General Director, "Kavkaz.RF"
Devanir Cavalcante de Lima
President of the BRICS+ Brazil institute, Sub-secretary of culture of the city of Guarulhos, Business Director - Prefference Travel
Shen Chunxiao
Deputy Minister of Publicity of CPC Huzhou Municipal Committee, Director of Civilization Office of Huzhou Municipal Government (China)
Christopher Konstantinidi
Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development of Russia, Director of the Research Institute of Economics and Management of Sustainable Tourism Development, Sochi State University, Chairman of the Committee for Sustainable Tourism of the CIS Business Center, Expert of the RAS, Doctor of Economics
Daria Matsuk
Director, Roszapovedtsentr
Moderator:
Vita Saar
Head of the Sustainable Tourism Development Committee, Russian Union of Travel
Contacts
Zarina Babaeva
Project manager for International Foreign Authorities Cooperation Division
BabaevaZF@mos.ru