News
| 7 July 2017 | ST-EP Project on Ecotourism Promotion in Northern Cambodia Completed Successfully |
| 12 June 2017 | A Series of Hospitality Training Programme Completed for Youth and Women in Victoria Falls |
| 22 May 2017 |
On the International Day for Biological Diversity UNWTO announces a training on tourism and biodiversity in West and Central Africa The Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations has chosen ‘Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism’ as the theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated today 22 May 2017. On this occasion, UNWTO is launching a capacity building programme on sustainable tourism and biodiversity protection, to be implemented in West and Central Africa. |
| 12 May 2017 |
105th UNWTO Executive Council meeting concludes in Madrid Madrid, Spain, hosted the 105th meeting of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) between 11 and 12 May. The Meeting focused on current trends and challenges facing the tourism sector and on the three priorities of the Organization - safe, secure and seamless travel; the impact of technology in the tourism sector and sustainability. |
| 12 May 2017 |
UNWTO Executive Council recommends Zurab Pololikashvili for Secretary-General for the period 2018-2021 The 105th session of the UNWTO Executive Council, meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 12 May 2017, recommended Zurab Pololikashvili, Ambassador of Georgia in Spain, as a nominee for the post of Secretary-General for the four-year-period starting January 2018. |
| 7 March 2017 | ST-EP projects in Ghana and in Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully completed |
| 18 January 2017 |
The World Tourism Organization begins the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain presided over the event celebrating the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The gathering was attended by ministers of tourism from around the world. The celebration highlighted tourism’s enormous potential to contribute to the development of all countries within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the need to continue advancing towards a more sustainable sector that generates benefits to local communities and promotes the conservation of cultural values and natural heritage. |
| 4 January 2017 |
FITUR 2017: UNWTO with a focus on sustainability and tourism in Africa and in the MENA region The International Tourism Fair in Spain (FITUR), taking place on January 18-22 in Madrid, comprises a number of events organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Activities will have a special focus on sustainable tourism, including the official presentation of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 on January 18. |
| 3 January 2017 |
The Year Ahead: harnessing the power of tourism to build a better world Dear friends, I write to you as I begin my final year as UNWTO Secretary-General, a position I have been privileged to hold for almost seven years at an Agency I have been proud to serve for the past decade. During this time I have seen tourism become one of the world’s most important and impactful socio-economic sectors of our times. I have seen its growing relevance to the lives of millions around the world, to the preservation of our common values and to greater understanding among people of all walks of life. |
| 29 December 2016 |
2017 is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 12 months to celebrate and promote the contribution of the tourism sector to building a better world. This is the major goal of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 that will start in few days. |
