Sustainable News
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Work Together and Make Tourism Pillar of Peace, UNWTO to EU Ministers
UNWTO has been recognized for asserting the values of tourism and promoting the sector as a pillar of peace and recovery. At an informal meeting of EU Tourism Ministers, the…
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New Guidelines Put Women’s Empowerment at Heart of Tourism Restart
A new set of guidelines will help both governments and businesses better address the needs of women in the tourism sector. The guidelines published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) were developed…
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JTB Signs MOU with GSTC for Sustainable Tourism Strategy
On the occasion of its 110th anniversary, JTB Corp., one of the travel and tourism industry leaders, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and became a member of the Global…
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Developing the World’s First Luxury Energy-Positive Hotel
A luxury hotel at the base of Norway’s Svartisen glacier has bold ambitions to generate more energy than it consumes within five years of opening. The base of the Svartisen…
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UNWTO Against Restrictions and for Peace and Tourism for All
UNWTO has concluded a week of meetings in Geneva, securing strong backing for its call to ease travel and enhancing strategic partnerships to define the future of tourism. UNWTO also…
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New Projects to Set Scottish Tourism Sector on Road to Net Zero
The Travel Foundation is working with VisitScotland and Scotland’s three economic development agencies on a package of COP26 legacy projects that will further establish Scotland’s tourism sector as a global…
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Tourism Raises Its Voice for Peace
By Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, people, as well as our whole societies and economies, have suffered enough. We…
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World Leaders Call for Urgent Action to Protect the Oceans
Tourism’s central role in advancing the Blue Economy was highlighted as UNWTO chaired a special session and joined a Heads of State panel at the One Ocean Summit, hosted by…
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New Dawn for Uganda’s Tourism as New Destination Brand is Launched
As the world starts to recover from the effects of the pandemic and opening up borders and skies to global tourism, Uganda, has refreshed its tourism destination brand promise, with…
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First Global Youth Tourism Summit Gets Underway
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili has joined the Minister of Tourism of Italy Massimo Garavaglia to officially launch the first Global Youth Tourism Summit Set…