Unwto News
Jamaica selected to lead UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas
Jamaica has been selected to chair the United Nations World Tourism Organisation Regional Commission for the Americas. The Caribbean nation will lead the organisation for the biennium 2019-2021.
ITB Berlin: UNWTO strikes skills partnership with Google
Fostering knowledge, education and growth in tourism will be at the centre of a partnership announced today between Google and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
UNWTO headed to San Sabastian for culinary summit
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the Basque Culinary Centre have signed an agreement for the holding of the fifth World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism.
Jamaica welcomes opening of Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre
Jamaica has welcomed the opening of the new Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre, a new UNWTO-backed body based at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies.
UNWTO records 1.4bn international arrivals in 2018
Long term forecasts issued by the organisation in 2010 indicated the 1.4 billion mark would be reached in 2020, yet the remarkable growth of international arrivals in recent years has seen the milestone reached two years earlier.
World Tourism Organisation explores health travel in new report
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation, together with the European Travel Commission, has launched a new report on health tourism. Part of their joint research programme, the study is the first attempt to set a coherent conceptualisation of health tourism.
UNWTO highlights growing value of GCC travellers in new report
A new report from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the European Travel Commission has revealed that outbound tourism from the Gulf Cooperation Council has grown strongly in recent years, with international tourism expenditure surpassing US$60 billion in 2017.
WTM 2018: UNWTO to examine digital innovation in tourism at Excel
World Travel Market will see the United Nations World Tourism Organisation continue its operational focus on investing in innovation and digital advances for a tourism sector that can deliver opportunities for all.
UNWTO: Asia continues to power global tourism growth
The report shows that international tourist arrivals in Asia and the Pacific grew six per cent in 2017, to reach 323 million, around a quarter of the world’s total.
UNWTO reports strong tourism growth for early 2018
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s latest barometer, international tourist arrivals grew six per cent in the first six months of 2018 after a record year of growth in 2017.
Revamped ministers summit unveiled for World Travel Market 2018
Investment in innovation and smart management for tourism will form the major theme of the ministerial summit of this year’s World Travel Market.
UNWTO report seeks to tackle overtourism
A new World Tourism Organisation report aims to help manage growing urban tourism flows and their impact on cities and residents. The report examines how to manage tourism in urban destinations to the benefit of visitors and residents alike.