World Travel & Tourism Council Selects Rome for 2025 Global Summit

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced Rome, the capital of Italy, as the host city for its 2025 Global Summit. 

The 2025 event will be the first Global Summit held in Italy. The Summit is expected to bring together business leaders, government officials, and delegations worldwide to discuss current challenges and future solutions for the travel and tourism sector.

The 25th Global Summit, scheduled for late 2025, will be conducted in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Tourism. This marks a significant return to Europe after six years, with the 2019 WTTC Global Summit in Seville, Spain.

The recently concluded Summit in Perth featured nearly 800 delegates from more than 50 countries and over 100 journalists worldwide. It featured insights from leading figures such as John Kerry, the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, and Australian conservationist Robert Irwin. The discussions focused on global environmental challenges and the role of tourism in addressing them.

WTTC President & CEO Julia Simpson and Italian Minister of Tourism Daniela Santanchè expressed excitement about the upcoming event in Rome. They anticipate the Summit will provide an excellent platform to display Italy’s cultural heritage and modern tourist attractions.

The Perth Summit also released the latest Environmental & Social Research (ESR) data, showing a significant decrease in the Travel & Tourism sector’s climate footprint emissions. Despite the sector’s economic contribution to global GDP nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels last year, greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell by over 8% in the same period, highlighting the sector’s cleaner growth.