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Best Tourism Villages 2024 adventure kicks off

Executive Council
121^st session

Barcelona, Spain, 10-11 June 2024

UN Tourism Launches Women in Tech Startup Competition: Middle East

The first global dashboard for tourism insights

COVID-19: MEASURES TO SUPPORT TRAVEL AND TOURISM

As society progresses, the tourism sector, much like many other sectors, needs to transform to serve as a catalyst for prosperity at a universal scale. Enhancing the well-being of individuals, safeguarding the natural environment, stimulating economic advancement, and fostering international harmony are key goals that are the fundamental essence of UN Tourism. The organization takes on the role of driving a sustainable force that is now central to many economies

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Opens Calls for Best Tourism Villages 2024

International Tourism to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels

According to the first UNWTO World Tourism Barometer of the year, international tourism ended 2023 at 88% of pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 1.3 billion international arrivals.

Tourism Doing Business

The multi-dimensional nature of the tourism sector, combined with the dynamics of the source of investment capital presents a complex picture for understanding and measuring tourism investments.

Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the UN Tourism

"UN tourism is leading the way forward in growing investments into the tourism sector. We serve as the bridge between investors and destinations, and we guide investments where they will have the biggest impact in making tourism more resilient, inclusive and sustainable."

Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili
UN Tourism Secretary-General

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