From the Great Barrier Reef to the Okavango Delta, the Danube Delta and many other thousands of wetlands, the human love for watery places has sustained tourism and recreation in wetlands around the world for countless decades. 2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. Read more →
Category: UNWTO
The Ramsar Convention and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) join forces to celebrate World Wetlands Day – Wetland Tourism
UNWTO and Tunisia to hold International Conference on the Future of Mediterranean Tourism
UNWTO and the Ministry of Tourism of Tunisia will organize an international conference on the future of Mediterranean tourism on the island of Djerba (16-17 April, 2012). The news was announced at the Tourism Investment Forum for Africa, INVESTOUR, held during the international travel fair, FITUR (Madrid, Spain, 19 January). Read more →
UNWTO joins industry voices in support of Obama’s move to facilitate travel
UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, has joined industry voices in support of the decision taken by the Obama Administration to implement the necessary measures to improve visa and foreign visitor processing in order to create jobs and spur economic growth in the USA. Read more →
International tourism to reach one billion in 2012
International tourist arrivals grew by over 4% in 2011 to 980 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. With growth expected to continue in 2012, at a somewhat slower rate, international tourist arrivals are on track to reach the milestone one billion mark later this year. Read more →
UNWTO activities at FITUR 2012
Signalling the beginning of the international tourism calendar for 2012, UNWTO will hold a number of activities at the International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR, addressing key issues facing the sector in times of uncertainty (Madrid, Spain, 18-22 January, 2012). Read more →
International Volunteer Day: UNWTO Volunteers promote tourism’s contribution to development
On International Volunteer Day (5 December), celebrated in 2011 under the theme ‘Volunteering Matters’, UNWTO is highlighting how tourism and volunteer work can make a difference through its UNWTO Volunteers. Read more →
Experts to debate role of tourism in fostering regional integration and social inclusion in the Americas
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Government of Ceará, Brazil, will bring together international and national experts to debate the impact of tourism on development, social inclusion and regional integration in the Americas (Fortaleza, Brazil, 28- 29 November 2011). Read more →
Middle East and North African tourism to return stronger than before
Participants at the UNWTO/Arabian Travel Market (ATM) event on the Future of Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa held at the World Travel Market were unanimous in agreeing that tourism in the region, which has for long lived with uncertainty and a number of external shocks, will return from current challenges stronger than before (London, UK, 9 November 2011). Read more →
US travelers set to return to Europe – new UNWTO/ETC report
Despite the downward revision of the country’s economic growth forecast, US tour operators predict US travelers will return to Europe in growing numbers. This is the main finding of a new World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)/European Travel Commission (ETC) report on US outbound travel presented at the World Travel Market with the support of the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) (London, UK, 8 November 2011). Read more →
European tourism grows above expectations
International tourist arrivals grew by a healthy 4.5% in the first eight months of 2011 according to the latest data from UNWTO. Europe (+6%), surprisingly, showed the strongest growth amid continuing economic uncertainty. Read more →
New UNWTO & ATM Forum to support highly successful UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit
The highly-successful UNWTO & World Travel Market (WTM) Ministers’ Summit is to have a sister event in 2012 – the UNWTO and Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Forum which will take place during the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai (30 April – 3 May 2012). Read more →
UNWTO activities at the World Travel Market
A full agenda of UNWTO activities will be taking place at this year’s World Travel Market (WTM), ranging from the annual Ministers’ Summit to a seminar on the future of tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (London, United Kingdom, 7-10 October 2011). Read more →
UN partners help least developed countries take steps towards more effective tourism development
Eight of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have begun to assess their tourism development needs and pinpoint relevant funding sources at a workshop held by the United Nations Steering Committee on Tourism for Development (SCTD) (Geneva, Switzerland, 18-20 October). Read more →
Οι διεθνείς αφίξεις τουριστών παγκοσμίως θα φθάσουν τα 1,8 δισ. μέχρι το 2030
Οι διεθνείς αφίξεις τουριστών αναμένεται να φθάσουν τα 1,8 δισεκατομμύρια μέχρι το 2030 σύμφωνα με μακροπρόθεσμη πρόβλεψη που κυκλοφόρησε ο Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Τουρισμού (UNWTO). Read more →
Πρόεδρος της Επιτροπής για την Ευρώπη του Παγκόσμιου Οργανισμού Τουρισμού ο Υπουργός Πολιτισμού και Τουρισμού της Ελλάδας
Πρόεδρος της Επιτροπής για την Ευρώπη του Παγκόσμιου Οργανισμού Τουρισμού της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης για τα επόμενα δύο χρόνια εκλέχθηκε τη Κυριακή 9, Οκτωβρίου, ο υπουργός Πολιτισμού και Τουρισμού Παύλος Γερουλάνος στο Συνέδριο του ΠΟΤ (UNWTO) που πραγματοποιείται στη Gyeongju της Κορέας, 8 με 14 Οκτωβρίου, 2011. Read more →
-
Click on our
Like
button
-
-
Member
