23 January 2024 The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) enters a new era today with a new name and brand: UN Tourism. With this new brand, the Organization reaffirms its status as the United Nations specialized agency for tourism and the global leader of tourism for development, driving social and economic change to ensure that “people […]
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November 3, 2023 Seychelles has partnered with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to identify skills needs and shortages in the tourism industry in order to determine appropriate actions needed to close existing gaps. As part of the project, UNWTO is helping one of its member states to assess the situation in the industry and once
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18 October 2023 The General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has met for the 25th time in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. As its own data indicates that global tourism is on track to reach up to 95% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, the Assembly brought sector leaders together to advance a
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18 October 2023 The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has analysed and approved its vision to transform the sector. Meeting for its 119th session, Members were also presented with the Organization’s Programme of Work for the past months, with a focus on core priorities as well as a longer-term leadership vision for
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October 18, 2023 The “where, why, how and how much?” of tourism investments were the focus of high-level dialogues within the framework of the UNWTO General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. With UNWTO data analyses making clear the vital need for both increasing levels of traditional and non-traditional investments in the sector and also ensuring that
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16 October 2023 The Affiliate Members of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), made up of businesses, destinations and civil society actors, have met to bolster public-private cooperation around shared goals. The Plenary Session, the most important statutory meeting of the Affiliate Members, met for the 44th time within the framework of the 25th UNWTO General
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High-level delegates and Ministers from more than 150 countries are expected in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the 25th session of the General Assembly (18-19 October). Held every two years, the supreme governing body of UNWTO will once again bring Member States from every global region together to debate and advance the Organization’s Programme of Work and address the
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10 October 2023 With one week to go until the start of its 25th General Assembly, sector leaders have joined international organizations in commending UNWTO’s role in guiding tourism through crisis and into recovery and transformation. High-level delegates and Ministers from more than 150 countries are expected in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the 25th session of the
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6 October 2023 It was a momentous day on Thursday 5 October 2023 in San Sebastián City, Spain when the First Lady of Republic of Zimbabwe, Her Excellency Dr. Auxillia Mnangagwa was being recognized by UNWTO Secretary General Zurub Pololikashvili for Championing Gastronomy Tourism in Zimbabwe. The First Lady who is Patron of the country’s
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October 6, 2023 UNWTO has held the 8th edition of its World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism co-organized with Basque Culinary Center (BCC), with a focus on the links between product, gastronomy and tourism. The promotion and preservation of local products, the contribution of tourism to sustainable development, innovation and food waste all took center stage as UNWTO
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