CONGRESS SPEAKERS
Day 1 26/11/2024
day 1 speakers
10.45h
Beira Baixa and Extremadura: what is the future of tourism?
Victoria Bazaga Gazapo
Raul Almeida
João Lobo
Miguel Morales Sánchez
Presidente of Diputación Cáceres – Spain
Chair
Miguel Martins
11.45h
Inland tourism success stories
Carlos Velázquez Romo
Eduardo Tavares
President of the Municipal Chamber of Alfandega Da Fé – Portugal
Niurka Péres Denis
Cuban Tourism Advisor for Portugal and Spain – Cuba
Slawomir Kowalczyk
Poland
Chair
Fernando Garrido
12.50h
Resources and people of inland tourism
Luís Pedro Martins
President of the Regional Entity of Oporto and the North – Portugal
Rasul Mustafayev
Baku Heritage Tours LLC – Azerbaijan
Carmen Quintanilla
President of AFFAMER. Honorary parliamentarian and permanente member of the Council of Europe – Spain
Julián Mora Aliseda
Professor of the University of Extremadura – Spain
Chair
Jesús M. Viñuales Blanco
General Director of Tourism of the Government of Extremadura – Spain
16.00h
Religious and spiritual tourism
Alexandre Marto
CEO of United Hotels of Portugal
Ibrahim Elassal
Vice-dean and associate professor at the SIT Higher Institute. Associate professor of the University of Helwan and the Must University – Egypt
José Manuel Vilanova
President of the Lumbini Garden Foundation – Spain
Chair
Victor Jorge
Day 2 27/11/2024
Day 2 speakers
09.00h
Inland: is it a destination?
Maria Nchama Nzoho
Founder, Promoter, President, and General Coordinator of the FITAC – Equatorial Guinea
Ahmed Taheri
Director of Oriente Viajes Travel Agency – Iran
Santiago Vallejo Sánchez-Monge
President of the Spanish Association of Professionals of Tourism – Spain
Armindo Jacinto
President of the Municipal Chamber of Idanha a Nova – Portugal
Chair
Rocio Gavira
11.00h
Liberalisation of road transport
Pablo Pastega
Director General of FlixBus for Spain and Portugal
11.15h
Mobility and inland tourism
Marco Polo Carballo
António Marqués Vida
Matilde Almandoz
Mychylle C. Teo
Miguel Ángel Uriondo
Director of Communication and Public Affairs of FlixBus – Spain
Chair
Ignacio Ruiz Guerra
13.00h
Sustainability and tourism after 2030
Alejandra C. García
World Tourism Organization
André Gomes
President of the Regional Tourism Entity of Algarve – Portugal
Griselda Tolla Pino
Director and founder of OCYO – Peru
Valentín Molina Moreno
Professor of the University of Granada – Spain