:: ISTO PRESIDENCY FROM 1963 TO NOWISTO CONGRESSES 1963-2010
1963 Brussels
4th International Congress of Social Tourism and foundation of the ISTO
1964 Milan
Symposium on the problem of financing holidays
1967 Fiuggi
1st Congress: Youth Tourism
Youth Tourism Manifesto
1970 Houthalen
Congress and General Assembly
1972 Vienna
Congress / Vienna Charter
1974 Trieste
Youth Tourism
1976 Tunis
Tourism and Environment
1978 De Haan
Family Tourism
1980 Quebec
Social Tourism: New Needs, Modern Answers
1982 Copenhagen
Tourism and Environment - Realities - Copenhagen Agreement
1984 Madrid
Tourism in Rural Areas
1986 Athens
Public Authorities and Social Tourism
1988 Belgrade
Holidays and Productivity: in Search of Harmony
1990 Moscow
Development Perspectives for Social Tourism and Youth in the East-West Cooperation
1992 Kusadasi
Social Tourism in the Mediterranean, International Crossroads
1994 Paris
Youth Holidays - Practices, Expectations and Perspectives
1996 Montreal
Tourism, a Development and Integration Factor
Adoption of the Montreal Declaration
1998 Foz Do Arelho
Social Tourism - Tourism of the Future: our Answers to Tomorrow's Challenges
2000 Naples
Tourism, a Factor in Cultural, Social and Economic Change
2002 Mexico
"Tourism for All" World Congress
2004 Blankenberge
"Tourism for All": a Tool for Building an Open World and Fair Exchange
2006 Aubagne
Towards a Tourism based on Development and Solidarity -
Adoption of the Aubagne Addendum
2008 Québec
Tourism of development : challenges and new practices
2010 Rimini
Tourism : a time for social policiesISTO PRESIDENCY FROM 1963 TO NOW
PRESIDENCY
1963 – 1974
Prof. Hunziker
Founding President
REKA – Switzerland
1974 – 1976
Simone Troisgros
OCCAJ – France
1976 – 1978
Jean Faucher
Tourisme et Travail – France
1978 – 1980
Anton Mascha
Sotour – Austria
1980 – 1982
Henri Risch
REKA – Switzerland
1982 – 1986
Mathieu Flipkens
Fond National d’Entraide – Belgium
1986 – 1992
Jean Faucher
AITSLT – France
1992 – 1996
Yves Singer
VVF – France
1996 – 2000
Hans Teuscher
REKA – Switzerland
2000 – 2010
Norberto Tonini
CTG – Italy
Since 2010
Jean Marc Mignon
UNAT – France
GENERAL SECRETARIES
1963 – 1988
Arthur Haulot
Commissaire général au Tourisme – Belgium
1988 – 1997
Raymond Stelandre
Loisir & Vacance – Belgium
1998 – 2002
Urbain Claeys
Toerisme Vlaanderen - Belgium
2002 – 2010
Jean Blétard
Belgium
Since 2010
Yves Godin
Joie et Vacances asbl – Belgium
DIRECTORS
1998 – 2002
Jean-Marc Mignon
Since 2002
Charles-Etienne Bélanger
ISTO AMERICAS
PRESIDENCY
1994 – 2002
Louis Jolin
Conseil Québecois du Loisir – Canada
2002 – 2005
Sergio Rodriguez Abitia
Proyectur – Mexico
2005 – 2008
Gérardo Pérez
Altanueva - Mexico
Since 2008
Jacques Perreault
Auberges de Jeunesse du Saint-Laurent - Canada
DIRECTORS AMERICAS
1994 – 2002
Charles-Etienne Bélanger
2002 – 2004
Déborah Antoine
2004 - 2005
Marco Carpinteyro
Since 2005
Véronica Gomez
