IMTM Pvt. Ltd. has officially launched the Sustainable Tourism Forum (STF) 2022 on 3rd December at  Manhattan Business Hotel in Male’. The forum is a platform that unites stakeholders of the tourism sector and encourages them to engage in a multi-sector dialogue on issues pertaining to the social,  economic and environmental sustainability of tourism in the Maldives. This year, IMTM celebrates the forum’s return for its third edition, and a physical one at that, after two years of the pandemic.

The Opening Ceremony was attended by many special invitees and esteemed guests from the government, official partners of STF 2022, NGOs, associations, resorts, guesthouses, dive centers, students, and many more. The Deputy Resident Representative at UNDP Maldives, Ms. Vera Hakim, graced the event as the Guest of Honour. Deputy Minister of Tourism, Dr. Naushad Mohamed, also attended the ceremony as the Keynote Speaker. The forum was officially launched by the Guest of Honour with the official video of STF 2022.

The opening remarks at the ceremony were delivered by the Managing Director of IMTM, Ms. Shiuna Khalid. During her speech, she shared the vision and passion with which IMTM began the initiative to foster sustainable tourism in the Maldives. Launched in 2019, the first STF was held alongside the IMTM Travel and Trade Fair. In 2020, IMTM kept the ball rolling with an online second edition of the forum, “Fostering Rural Tourism in the Maldives”.