ANVR, the Netherlands Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators, signed the Commitment to the Global Code of Ethics on the 9th of January 2013, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on behalf of its 1,400 member enterprises. The signing was organised in the context of the ANVR event “Changes in Tourism”, held at the Dutch travel fair Vakantiebeurs.
Fourteen prominent German companies and Members of the DRV, the German Travel Association, at the DRV's 2012 Annual Conventio, held in Budva, Montenegro (15-17 November 2012).
On the occasion of the 94th session of UNWTO's Executive Council, held in Campeche, Mexico on the 24th and 25th of October 2012, eleven of Mexico's major tourism companies and associations signed Commitments to the Code of Ethics, in the presence of the Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, H.E. Ms.
In October 2012, five prominent Armenian private sector companies became Signatories of the Commitment. The signing of the Commitments took place at the International Conference on "Universal Values and Cultural Diversity in the 21st Century: How can tourism make a difference?" (18-19 October 2012, Yerevan, Armenia), in the presence of H.E. Mr. Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, and Mr.
In October 2012, BTW, the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry, signed the Commitment at the body's 16th Tourism Summit, in Berlin, Germany, in the presence of Mr.
In September 2012, on the occasion of the 2nd International Congress on Ethics and Tourism, held in Quito, Ecuador, three prolific businesses from South America also became signatories of the Commitment, namely Destino Punta del Este (Uruguay)
The first signing ceremony took place in 2011 in Madrid, Spain, in the framework of the 1st International Congress on Ethics and Tourism (15-16 September 2011) to the presence of Their Royal Highnesses Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias, the Minister of Tourism of Spain, the Secretary-General of UNWTO, the Secretary-General of Turespaña, the President of UNICEF Spain, and the Chairman of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics.
