In October 2013, six prominent European associations signed the Commitment on the occasion of the 12th European Tourism Forum – Tourism, a Force for Economic Growth, Social Change and Welfare (Vilnius, Lithuania), in the presence of H.E. Mr. Evaldas Gustas, Minister of Economy of Lithuania, and Mr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General.
On the 1st of October 2013, in the context of the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Travel Facilitation, held in Bali, Indonesia, 25 Indonesian companies and associations signed the Commitment in the presence of Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of UNWTO.
Signatories of the Private Sector Commitment to the Code from Indonesia (1 October 2013, Bali, Indonesia)
In August 2013, the the Chinese Chamber of Tourism, along with eight of the country´s most influential tourism corporations, signed the private sector’s commitment to the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics, in the context of the 6th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism held in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, P.R. China, an event jointly organized by UNWTO, China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and Gansu Province of China.
On the 3rd of July 2013, 7 Romanian companies and associations, namely the Tourism Journalists and Writers Association in Romania (AJTR), the National Association of Travel Agencies in Romania (ANAT), the National Association of Tourist Resorts in Romania (ANSTR), the
On the 1st of June 2013, at the first signing ceremony held in Asia, 8 companies signed the Commitment at the 1st UNWTO Regional Conference on Tourism Partnerships: Future Tourism for Asia and the Pacific (29 May - 2 June 2013, Seoul, Republic of Korea).
A landmark 60 companies and associations from Costa Rica became signatories of the Commitment on the 13th of May, 2013, at an event held in the context of the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas in San Jose, Costa Rica, in the presence of H.E. Mr. Allan Flores, Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica, and Mr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General.
In April 2013, 4 enterprises from Bahrain - Al Safir Hotel, Dadabhai Travel, Domain Hotel and Mathias Travel - signed the Commitment at the "International Conference on Exploring New Cultural Horizons for Tourism" (29 April 2013), in the presence of H.E. Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Culture of Bahrain and Mr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General.
On 24 April 2013, in the context of the 54th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Africa, held in Tunis, Tunisia, 1 enterprise from Cote d'Ivoire, FENITOURCI (Fédération Nationale de l'Industrie Touristique de Côte d'Ivoire) and 2 entities from Tunisia, the Fédération Tunisienne des Agences de voyages et de Tourisme (FTAV) and the Fédération Tunisienne de l’Hôtellerie (FTH) signed the Commitment. The signing was held in the presence of H.E. Mr.
Five of Turkey's most prominent companies and associations signed the Commitment in the context of the 55th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe (26-27 March 2013, Çesme, Turkey), in the presence of the Secretary-General of UNWTO and Mr. Özgür Özaslan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey and Mr. Özgür Özaslan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.
The Commitment was signed by the French Travel Agents Association SNAV, les Professionnels du Voyage on the 2nd of February 2013, in Tenerife, Spain, on the occasion of the association's annual Congress. SNAV is the first French tourism association to have signed the Commitment to the Code of Ethics.
