3rd Meeting of the AIVP – MedCruise Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities.

On Thursday, 31 March 2022 AIVP and MedCruise held the third meeting of the joint Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities that, thanks to its 25 members covering 10 countries around the world, represents a unique cooperation practice in the field of port-city relations. As for the previous meeting, Silvia Coppolino Director of the MedCruise BoD, and José Sanchez Director of Agenda AIVP 2030, co-hosted the online rendez-vous. The meeting also counted with the moderation of Aimilia Papachristou, general secretary of MedCruise. This third meeting was dedicated to “Communication and Engagement with Stakeholders”, a topic that follows the main subjects already identified and agreed by the WG members during the Kick-off, as a shared pathway for the sustainable development of cruises and port cities. The WG counted on the participation of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a very special Institutional guest strongly desired by the WG as an external but highly valuable support for the activities of the members. During the meeting, after an insightful recorded presentation by Prof. Alessandra Priante, Director for Europe at UNWTO, the conversational floor was taken by Ms Nina Kušar, Project Specialist at the UNWTO attending the virtual meeting. Both the presentations by the UNWTO depicted a global…