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WTM 2017: UNWTO figures show tourism on track for record year
Demand for international tourism remained strong during the northern hemisphere summer peak season. International tourist arrivals in July and August totalled over 300 million for the first time ever according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Hundreds of participants sign up for Jamaica conference on sustainable growth
As Jamaica puts the finishing touches to a broad-based plan to host the world’s first global conference on jobs and inclusive growth, minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett has announced that over 300 participants from 60 countries have registered to attend the event.
Breaking Travel News investigates: UNWTO celebrates World Tourism Day
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation is seeking to raise awareness of sustainability in the hospitality sector as it celebrates World Tourism Day. World Tourism Day has been celebrated since 1980 as the day in which the statutes of the World Tourism Organisation entered into force.
Breaking Travel News investigates: Why now is the time for sustainability in travel
As the United Nations World Tourism Organisation celebrates World Tourism Day, Breaking Travel News here chats with Zach Vanasse, programme manager at the TreadRight Foundation, about the changing face of global hospitality.
Saint Petersburg to host 23rd UNWTO General Assembly in 2019
Russian cultural capital Saint Petersburg will host the 23rd General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. The event will take place in 2019 and follows the successful hosting the 22nd event in Chengdu, China, this month.
UNWTO General Assembly: Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics approved by delegates
The member States of the World Tourism Organisation today approved an historical document - the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics. The convention, approved at the 22nd UNWTO general assembly, transforms the Code of Ethics for Tourism into an international convention, the first in the life of the organisation.
UNWTO General Assembly: Pololikashvili elected general secretary
Zurab Pololikashvili has been appointed secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. The decision was confirmed during the 22nd General Assembly of the body currently taking place in Chengdu, China.
Breaking Travel News interview: UNWTO general secretary Zurab Pololikashvili
Following his appointment as secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Zurab Pololikashvili shares his views on the future of the body. The decision was confirmed during the 22nd general assembly of the body currently taking place in Chengdu, China.
UNWTO General Assembly: Jamaica elected to executive council
Jamaica has again been elected to the executive council of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation to serve a two-year term alongside Argentina and Uruguay. This is a shared arrangement of the four-year membership.
UNWTO General Assembly: Minister Bartlett appeals for aid following Hurricane Irma
Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has sought to leverage his position as chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s board of affiliate members to appeal for aid for Caribbean islands recently devastated by Hurricane Irma.
UNWTO General Assembly: Hundreds of industry leaders gather in China
More than 1,300 delegates from over 130 countries attended the opening of the 22nd session of the World Tourism Organisation General Assembly in Chengdu, China this morning.
UNWTO General Assembly: Tourism more united than ever, says Rifai
The global tourism community is “more united than ever” according to United Nations World Tourism Organisation general secretary Taleb Rifai. Addressing the opening session of the 22nd session of the UNWTO General Assembly, he said, despite the challenges faced by global tourism, the sector was “more committed than ever to working closer together to make it a pillar of a better future for people and the planet”.