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First Meeting on Tourism in the Arab Word

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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO, 28 and 29 APRIL 2011

The first meeting of experts and researchers on tourism in the Arab world took place on April 28th and 29th in Marrakech in Morocco. This meeting was organized by CIFORT and the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at the University Cadi Ayyad in collaboration with the World Centre of Excellence for Destinations (CED). Twenty-three people from 12 countries (Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Egypt, France, Morocco, Netherlands, Qatar, Switzerland, Tunisia and Yemen) attended.

 

UNWTO Congress to Debate the Future of Snow and Mountain Tourism

MADRID, SPAIN, 31 MARCH 2011

Mountain resort professionals, from the Alps to the Rockies, as well as Asian destinations including  the Republic of  Korea, will debate how snow and mountain destinations can respond to current and future challenges, while remaining competitive and sustainable, at the 7th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism (Grenoble, France, 28-29 April 2011).

 

World Tourism Organization and Banesto Foundation Collaborate on Sustainable Tourism Projects for Poverty Elimination in Africa

MADRID, SPAIN, 29 MARCH 2011

The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, Taleb Rifai, and the President of the Banesto Foundation, Antonio Basagoiti, today presented the cooperation agreement signed by the two organizations, at UNWTO Headquarters in Madrid.

 

UNWTO Asia and Pacific Members Express Support for Japan and Its Tourism Sector

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, 28 MARCH 2011

The UNWTO Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific has expressed its full support and solidarity with the people of Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami. Holding their annual meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka (24-25 March 2011), UNWTO members from Asia and the Pacific also discussed individual country concerns regarding their tourism sectors in light of persistent global economic challenges.

 

Project to Improve Hotel Energy Efficiency Concludes in Thailand

BANGKOK, THAILAND, 24 MARCH 2011

UNWTO and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand have officially concluded a project to help hotels along the Thai Andaman coast significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs through energy-saving technologies.

 

PATA Foundation Organizes Japan Aid Movement

March 17, 2011, Bangkok: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is launching an appeal through the PATA Foundation to raise funds for disaster relief in Japan, following the devastation there.
 

Free flow of tourists tops the agenda of UNWTO Secretary-General visit to Russia

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 17 MARCH 2011

The importance of removing travel barriers to facilitate tourist flows was top of the agenda during the recent visit of UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, to Russia (Moscow, Russia, 14 March 2011)

 

UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Summit: Commitment and Cooperation to Establish a Powerful Brand

MADRID, SPAIN, 14 MARCH 2011

The first UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Summit, held at ITB 2011, has concluded with commitment to enhanced cooperation to achieve the objectives of the Silk Road Action Plan, a collaborative framework for advancing tourism development across 25 countries (Berlin, Germany, 9-13 March 2011).

 

Tourism a Vehicle for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, UN Reports

BERLIN, GERMANY, 11 MARCH 2011

Women make up an important percentage of the tourism workforce, but more work must be done to close the wealth and skills gap between men and women employed in tourism, according to a new World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)/UN Women report launched at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin (11 March 2011).

 

PATA reveals Tourism Forecast for 2011-13

March 9, 2011, Berlin: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today announced its forecasts of travel demand for 42-destinations within the Asia Pacific region, predicting an annual average rate of growth in arrivals to these destinations of just under seven per cent between 2009 and 2013[1
 

UNWTO Secretary-General Looks Ahead to the Decade of Travel and Tourism

BERLIN, GERMANY, 08 MARCH 2011

The next ten years look set to be “the decade of travel and tourism”, says UNWTO Secretary-General opening the ITB Travel Trade Show (Berlin, Germany, 9-13 March).

 
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