Human beings have been moving around the world practically since the beginning of their existence. The instinct of homo sapiens has always led us to explore and colonize different territories, thus giving rise to the cities, states and countries in which we now live.
The travels that governments and institutions make as part of their international relations have a dimension and dynamism with a high positive economic and social impact.
There are many reasons that affect the choice of a host city to hold an event: infrastructure, socio-political situation of the country, international relations at a global level, etc. But what happens when, a few days or months before the celebration of these events, the venue is changed? This is something that happens constantly for very different circumstances: social crises in the host country, financial crises that make it impossible to meet the investment required for an event of this nature, natural disasters, epidemics or pandemics, and so on and so forth.
In April 1916, the then King and Queen of Spain, Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenia de Battenberg, paid a visit to the town of Ecija (Seville, Spain). During the visit, which lasted approximately one hour, the King and Queen made a tour through the streets of the town, being received by local authorities and citizens. They arrived and left Ecija in automobiles.
The awareness of society in recent decades regarding sustainable development and care for the planet had its result at the end of 2015, when the United Nations promoted an initiative that would give continuity to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). After a negotiation process involving 193 UN member states, a series of global goals were adopted with very clear purposes: to protect the planet, eradicate poverty and ensure international prosperity. These goals were approved at a summit held in New York through a high-level plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, and were included in the so-called Sustainable Development Agenda - or Agenda 2030 - through 17 goals, or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by that date.
GITT Sector, a portal conceived as a Tourism Observatory for the study and dissemination of the Governmental and Institutional travel sector, is launched in February 2020 with the aim of continuing to generate research, studies and academic content.
Le Salon international du tourisme de Berlin est un véritable défi pour les fournisseurs et les délégations en raison de la pénurie d'hôtels dans la capitale allemande.
The International Tourism Fair in Berlin is a real challenge for suppliers and delegations due to the shortage of hotels in the German capital.
In the following link you will find a summary of the analysis that TOP has made on the impact that the sudden change of headquarters, from Santiago de Chile to Madrid, propitiates in the international mobilization of the Spanish capital, which faces another great challenge.
Being aware of the multitude of scenarios that a GITT client faces is essential to work on that accordingly.