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ICTP welcomes Yemen as destination member

ICTP welcomes Yemen as destination member

13 May 2012 Press Release Tourism News

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that the Ministry of Tourism in Yemen has become its third destination member in the Middle East, joining Oman and Palestine.

ICTP calls for industry support for green growth at Rio

ICTP calls for industry support for green growth at Rio

In a wide-ranging presentation to the Panrotas Foundation in SaoPaulo, Brazil, the International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) president Geoffrey Lipman called for industry support for green growth, which he described as the “new 21st century global development paradigm”. Professor Lipman said that ‘old green’ as a simple environment movement is long gone – ‘new green’ not only included economic and social needs, but that climate had become today’s big game changer, with a timeline of 2050 to kick our global carbon habit and fix global warming.

ICTP supports call for a moratorium on EU Emissions Trading Scheme

ICTP supports call for a moratorium on EU Emissions Trading Scheme

30 March 2012 Press Release Tourism News

There is an old adage that say’s there’s your view and there’s my view – and there’s the truth that’s somewhere in between. That’s where we seem to be on the increasingly heated story about whether airlines should be part of the EU (European Union) Emissions Trading System or a global scheme developed in International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).