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The initiative builds on the success of the first Global Youth Tourism Summit,
held in Sorrento, Italy, in 2022, and will see the creation of the MSC Foundation
Youth Lab, a specially-equipped venue on the advanced new eco-ship. One of the core
programmes to be offered in the Youth Lab will be "GYTS for MSC: A Sustainable
Future for Our Next Generations", designed in close partnership with UNWTO.
The programme will deliver 12 daily two-hour activity sessions on key subjects
ranging from ocean health, recycling and climate change to sustainable tourism and
social media, all focused on the "sustainability challenge". The activities
have been designed to leave the youths free to learn, create and express themselves
according to their interests and ideas for the future.
"We are proud to build on the tremendous success of the Global Youth
Tourism Summit in Sorrento by extending our partnership with UNWTO to promote youth
empowerment and sustainability education," commented MSC Foundation Executive
Director Daniela Picco. "The new MSC Foundation Lab on MSC Euribia will offer
an innovative venue for children and teenagers to engage in sustainability-focused
activities. Our new custom-designed programme 'GYTS for MSC: A Sustainable Future
for Our Next Generations' has been specially conceived to empower young people to
learn, create, and express themselves while addressing key sustainability issues
such as marine conservation, climate change and responsible tourism. By making our
young guests the centre of these activities, we aim to raise awareness of the challenges
facing humanity and equip our next generations with the tools they need to create
a better world."
Alessandra Priante, Director of the Regional Department for Europe at UNWTO
added: "After the immense success of our first Global Youth Tourism Summit,
which brought together children from every corner of the world, we are very excited
that GYTS will not only go across borders but also across the seas and oceans. We
are grateful to the MSC Foundation for their continued support in highlighting the
central role that youth can play in building a sustainable tourism of the future.
We are proud to support MSC as they continue to educate and empower children and
youth to become more conscious, committed and engaged."
The MSC Group is committed to taking comprehensive action through the MSC
Foundation to raise awareness of the big challenges facing humanity and to provide
its young MSC Cruises guests with tools that inform and motivate through an understanding
of its programmes and initiatives across four focus areas: the Environment (including
marine conservation), Education, Community Support and Emergency Relief. This includes
inviting young cruise guests to become Junior Ambassadors of the Foundation and
running dedicated activities that equip them to voice the right of our younger generations
to live in a better world.
Image Credit: © UNWTO
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