Past Events
List of Congresses before 1999 ( From 01-05-1925 to 30-06-1998 )
The first IWTO Congress was held in Berlin, Germany in 1925 and has been held every year since until 1939 when the situation in Europe required the halting of the event. The Congress took place again every year from 1969 onwards.
Summary
1998: Dresden - Germany
1997: Boston - United States
1996: Cape Town - South Africa
1995: United Kingdom - Harrogate
1994: New Delhi - India
1993: Istanbul - Turkey
1992: Punta del Este - Uruguay
1991: Lisbon - Portugal
1990: Cavtat - Yugoslavia
1989: Perth - Australia
1988: Avignon - France
1987: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
1986: Ostend - Belgium
1985: Barcelona - Spain
1984: Tokyo - Japan
1983: Copenhagen - Denamark
1982: Venice - Italy
1981: Christchurch - New Zealand
1980: Monaco - Monaco
1979: London - United Kingdom
1978: Munich - Germany
1977: Cape Town - South Africa
1976: Basel - Switzerland
1975: Monaco - Monaco
1974: Melbourne - Australia
1973: Rome - Itlay
1972: Monaco - Monaco
1971: Washington - United States
1970: Monaco - Monaco
1969: Paris - France
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1939: Brussels - Belgium
1938: London - United Kingdom
1937: Paris - France
1936: Warsaw - Poland
1935: Berlin - Germany
1934: Rome - Italy
1933: Budapest - Hungary
1932: Amsterdam - Netherlands
1931: Basel (CH) at the Invitation of Germany
1930: Liege & Verviers - Belgium
1929: Bradford - United Kingdom
1928: Paris - France
1927: Reichenberg/Liberec - Czechoslovakia
1926: Turin - Italy
1925: Berlin - Germany
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