Sustainable News
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UNWTO at G20: Putting People & Small Enterprises at Centre of Recovery
UNWTO, the G20 Indonesian Presidency and the G20 Tourism Working Group have collaborated over the past year to deliver the G20 Guidelines on Strengthening MSMEs and Communities as Agents of…
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World Tourism Day 2022 – Sector United Around Rethinking Tourism
Positive transformation for both people and planet was the central message of World Tourism Day 2022. Held around the theme of ‘Rethinking Tourism’, the Global Day of Observation emphasized the…
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‘We can’t just recycle or turn the lights off, we need a systems change’
It was while volunteering as a special education teacher in the Peace Corps in Jamaica in the early 1990s that Jacqueline Patterson started to realise that in order to tackle…
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WTTC Publishes Report on How Tourism Can Reverse Nature Loss
A new report published today by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), shows how Travel & Tourism can play a critical role in halting and reversing the destruction of…
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UNWTO Students League Kicks Off with Competition in Switzerland
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) have joined forces to launch the first National UNWTO Students’ League of the year. The…
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Thailand’s Minister of Tourism on the APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting
Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, shared with Tourism Ministers from the 21 APEC member economies a statement that reflects the outcomes of the APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting.…
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Innovation and Sustainability at UNWTO Global Wine Tourism Conference
UNWTO and the Government of Italy celebrated the 6th Global Conference on Wine Tourism. Under the theme ‘What’s next? Wine tourism pairs with Innovation…’ and building up on the success…
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Global Agritourism Sector Reconvened for New Beginning
The International Workshop on Agritourism wrapped up with the objectives well attained. Participants surpassed expectations garnishing invaluable knowledge, ideas, and friendships, while a global agritourism community solidified, and the new…
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UNWTO Joins Partners in Galicia to Promote Thermal Tourism
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has joined the European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA) and the Spanish region of Galicia in the north of the country (Axencia Turismo Galicia) to…
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Fifty Thousand Tourism Jobs in Portugal Remain Unfilled
A new analysis of staff shortages by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed a labour shortfall in Portugal, with nearly 50,000 Travel & Tourism jobs across the…