Friday, December 13th - 14:00 Closing session The final large panel discussion of the conference cycle : what role can tourism play in the arrival of a better world ? Sustainable development of tourism after Johannesburg Chairman of the meeting Michel Charlet, President of the Tourism Summits Association, Mayor of the City of Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France How can international tourism, between crisis and durability contribute to a better world ? Francesco Frangialli, General Secretary of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), Madrid (Spain) Can the Rhône-Alpes, a large European and Alpine region, be opened to the world and guarantee the cultural diversity of its territory ? Anne-Marie Comparini, President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, Lyon (France) New paradigms in the area of sustainable development of tourism : What are the results of the Chamonix Mont Blanc/Geneva conference cycle ? Peter Keller, President of the Scientific Committee of the Summits of Tourism The Tourism summits Prize Michel Charlet, President of the Tourism Summits Association, Mayor of Chamonix (France) presents the Sustainable Development in Tourism Prize from the Summits of Tourism 2001 to Stéphane Marteau for his project in tourism development for the Isla Isabel National Park in Mexico. Announcement of the winner of the Sustainable Development in Tourism Prize from the Summits of Tourism 2002. Tourism in the French Government's vision : How can tourism growth be made sustainable ? Léon Bertrand, Secretary of State for Tourism (France)