Susitikimas dėl taikos ir turizmo atsigavimo

10.30-11.00

Registration and welcome coffee

10.30-11.00

Signing of a Joint Statement (Hall Stadium)

11.00-14.00

Summit (Hall Castle)

11.00-11.10

Welcoming remarks

Ms Aušrinė Armonaitė, Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania

11.10-11.15

Video message from Mr Luís Araújo, President of the European Travel Commission

11.15-11.30

Ukraine thinks positive: plans for recovery after the Russian aggression

Ms Mariana Oleskiv, Chairperson of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine

PRESENTATION

11.30-11.50

Keynote. Unprecedented challenges of tourism and how we are facing them 

Mr Marius Dubnikovas, economist, Vice-President of Lithuanian Business Confederation

PRESENTATION

11.50-12.45

Ministerial round tableand Q&A session

• Support to Ukraine on a long-term restoration of the tourism ecosystem
• Encouragement to residents to travel within the region of participating countries during the summer-autumn season 2022

Participants from:

Estonia –Mrs Külli Kraner, Deputy Under-Secretary for Business and Consumer Affairs Minister of Foreign Trade and Information Technology

Latvia –Mr Andris Čuda,Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Economics

Lithuania –Mr Vincas Jurgutis, Vice-Ministerof the Economy and Innovation

Poland – Mr Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism

European Commission – Mr Eric Philippart, Senior Expert for tourism policy

12.45-13.05

Coffee break

13.05-14.00

Business round table and Q&A session

• How to double tourism expenditure in the Baltic region and especially for our local communities
• How to use post-pandemic travel paradigm shift for promotion of our region

Participants from:

Estonia –Mrs Killu Maidla, CEO, Estonian Hotel and Restaurant Association

Finland –Mrs Miia Vilppula, Product Manager, Association of Finnish Travel Industry

Latvia –Mr Aldis Kušķis, travel designer

Lithuania –Mrs Žydrė Gavelienė, President of Chamber of Tourism of the Republic of Lithuania

Poland –MrPaweł Niewiadomski, President of the Polish Chamber of Tourism

Ukraine – Mrs Alla Nikitchenko, manager and of Arktour /incoming DMC&tour operator to Ukraine

14.00-15.00

Friday afternoon networking for tourism businesses