By Anniey Mwangi Greetings and a warm welcome to 2024! The upcoming year holds the promise of captivating and explorative reads that we are eager to share with you. Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey, and we anticipate a year filled with intriguing content. Without further ado, let’s delve into our inaugural […]
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24 January 2024 The newly rebranded UN Tourism – formerly known as World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) – has opened applications for the 2024 edition of its “Best Tourism Villages” initiative. Over the past three editions, UN Tourism received almost 600 applications from nearly 100 countries. Currently, the Network brings together 186 members globally, comprising 129
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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
UN Tourism: A New Era Begins as UNWTO Rebrands Read More »
5 December 2023 UNWTO has brought together sector leaders at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to showcase the progress made in implementing the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action on Tourism. In time for the world’s most important climate conference, the Declaration has been officially included in the Global Climate Action Portal of
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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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By ‘Niyi David As the world becomes more of a global village, the cultural identity of certain things or practices cannot be mistaken. Scots and kilts go together, chopsticks are Chinese, and the habesha kemis is to Ethiopians what the red shuka is to the Maasai of Kenya. Some cultures consider it offensive to extend
Cultural Diversity: More Thrills Than Shocks… Read More »
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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