The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will convene the Second Meeting of the UNWTO’s Tourism Resilience Committee (TRC) at the upcoming ITB 2009, the leading travel tradeshow that is scheduled to take place from 11-15 March 2009. The TRC will examine the impacts on tourism of the economic situation. The UNWTO has indicated it will highlight that the need for measures around resilience, stimulus and the move towards a green economy must be undertaken coherently with long-term commitments to addressing climate change and development.  

date: 13 March 2009  
location: Berlin, Germany  
phone: 34 91 567 8100  
fax: 34 91 567 8217  
e-mail: trc@unwto.org  
www: http://www.unwto.org/trc/meetings/meetings.php?lang=E