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UNWTO Regional Commission South Asia in Pictures
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May 19, 2024
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The 22nd United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly has opened for pre-opening sessions in Chengdu, China on Monday. + Three regional committees each held a meeting: the Americas, Middle East and Africa convened to elect their new committee countries for the next UNWTO Executive Council. + Proposed Secretary-General Elect, Zurab Pololikashvili made a brief appearance before…
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As Publisher, Juergen Steinmetz issued an open letter to WorldTourismWire readers today. The letter reads: I have supported World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for more than two decades. The upcoming 22nd General Assembly is a critical time for our world tourism leaders, countries and stakeholders know as associated members to come together during extraordinary times. In…
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Many think tourism is something Israel and Palestine are agreeing on and tourism is a peace industry – are they correct? Besides the confirmation hearing for the next UNWTO Secretary General, another important decision for the upcoming General Assembly is the application by the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Tourism for a full membership into UNWTO. The application for…
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It has been a tough week for World Tourism and the challenges are still developing. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization will take an opportunity when welcoming more than 1000 top tourism officials to Chengdu, China next week and called for an emergency meeting to discuss the impact of recent Hurricanes to…
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Looking back to May 12, 2017, Madrid, the day the UNWTO Elections for the new Secretary-General took place. At the same time, there was a widely discussed national election in France. The French were busy, at home, and apparently, abroad in Madrid. Highly placed sources have confirmed to eTN, the French voting delegate, Mr. Michel Durrieu, Ministry of Foreign…
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Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the first six months of 2017, some 36 million more than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, growth was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010. Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect…
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After claiming he received death threats from Georgia, Frank Tetzel, Editor in Chief for Fair-Economics, a leading German publication based in Berlin today urged delegations attending the UNWTO General Assembly in China next week to vote NO for the UNWTO Secretary-General Elect Pololikashvil confirmation. Frank Tetzel is also an investigative reporter for the German Edition…
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As tourism has become a powerful engine for the local economic and social development of cities, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has partnered with the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) to develop an instrument that can measure the performance of the sector in metropolitan areas. Under the title ‘UNWTO-WTCF City Tourism Performance Research’ the project will…
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The UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit will debate the so-called ‘overtourism’ at WTM London on Tuesday 7 November 2017. The so called ‘Overtourism’ has become a hot topic in the news in recent months, with reports from around the world speaking of ‘tourism-phobia’ and showing pictures of citizens protesting against the ‘invasion of tourists’ and…
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