Ana Paula Pais is the Head of Education at Turismo de Portugal in the Ministry of Economics, and she is responsible for the global management of the network of 12 Hotel and Tourism Schools in Portugal. She has also the mission to implement an integrated coordination of the tourism training system, in articulation with other public bodies that also undertake training in tourism, especially in the Ministry of Education and in the Ministry of Labor. She is Co-Chair of the UNWTO Online Education Committee and Vice- President of the European Association of Hotel and Tourism Schools between.
