SESRIC participated to the 5^th Meeting of OIC/COMCEC Private Sector Tourism Forum with the theme of "Crisis Communication and Management in Tourism: Recent Challenges and Solutions in OIC Countries" which organized by The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism in collaboration with the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 4^th of May, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Forum focused on crisis communication and management in tourism, where speakers from the universities, public and private sectors and relevant institutions made presentations and problems encountered by the Member States on recovering crises and solution offers had discussed at length.