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UNWTO, in collaboration with the Saudi Ministry of Tourism, launches first-ever regional office in Riyadh New office will serve as a coordinating hub across 13 countries in the Middle East Initiative marks new direction for the coordination of global tourism with regional collaboration spearheading the approach Best Tourism Villages of the World certification announced as…
COVID-19 certificates for international travel must be free, universally available and non-discriminatory. They must also be limited in time and use, the World Committee on Tourism Ethics has recommended. As some countries work to welcome back visitors and restart tourism, the Committee met to assess the implications health certificates might have on tourism ethics. As…
Press release date: 25th August 2020 On the 24th August 2020, Zoritsa Urosevic, UNWTO Director of the Institutional Relations and Partnerships Department, and Sandra Carvao, UNWTO Chief of Market Intelligence and Competitiveness, discussed the UNWTO Secretary-General’s Policy Brief on the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry. The Policy Brief provides an overview of the socio-economic impacts from…
Governments have a duty to put the wellbeing of their citizens first. At the same time, they also have a responsibility to protect livelihoods and businesses. This goes hand-in-hand with a responsibility to preserve the spirit of international solidarity that has characterised our response to this shared crisis, a response that has included international institutions,…