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UNWTO: Tourism is a pillar of peace and recovery
UNWTO has been recognized for asserting the values of tourism and promoting the sector as a pillar of peace and recovery
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Making Tourism Stronger and Ready for the Future
This has been another challenging year for our societies, our economies and tourism. Many millions of jobs and businesses remain in peril, at the mercy of an evolving crisis and of the actions of governments. However, we are by no means in the same place...
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UNWTO, WTTC & WTM Ministers’ Summit commits to Investing in Tourism’s Sustainable Future
Tourism leaders from around the world will once again come together for the UNWTO, WTTC & WTM Ministers’ Summit at WTM London this November, to commit to investing in the sector’s sustainable future
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Point of View: The world meets to re-imagine urban tourism
Urban tourism has been among the hardest hit parts of the sector and may be the last to recover
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Point of View: UNWTO, International travel largely on hold despite uptick in May
International tourism is slowly picking up, though recovery remains very fragile and uneven
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UNWTO and Dominican Telefónica Renew Commitment to Sustainable Tourism
Restarting tourism and fostering opportunities is the basis of this new partnership
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It´s official: UNWTO and IATA sign agreement to restore confidence in international aviation
The new agreement will focus on enhancing consumer confidence in travel and placing sustainability at the centre of recovery and future growth.
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World Tourism Day 2020:‘Tourism and Rural Development’ message by the UNWTO Secretary-General
The theme of World Tourism Day 2020 - Tourism and Rural Development - is particularly relevant as we face up to an unprecedented crisis.
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It´s official: UNWTO Executive Council Backs Strong, United Plan for Global Tourism
The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has met in-person and virtually for its 112th session. This was the first major in-person event involving tourism and the United Nations held since the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
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World Tourism Day 2020: global community unites to celebrate “tourism and rural development”
The 2020 edition of World Tourism Day will celebrate the unique role that tourism plays in providing opportunities outside of big cities and preserving cultural and natural heritage all around the world.
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Point of view: COVID-19 AND TRANSFORMING TOURISM
If tourism brings us together, then travel restrictions keep us apart.
Events
UNWTO ministerial meetings - shared determination to restart tourism and drive recovery
Over the past month, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) was able to hold virtually meetings of its five Regional Commissions to share responses to the challenge of COVID-19 and their plans for the restart of tourism in the wake of the pandemic.
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New data shows impact of covid-19 on tourism as UNWTO calls for responsible restart of the sector
As tourism slowly restarts in an increasing number of countries, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released new data measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the sector.
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UNWTO launches global guidelines to reopen tourism
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of guidelines to help tourism sector emerge stronger and more sustainably from COVID-19.