- General Assembly Special Edition #3 - September 12 2019 - |
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General Assembly Adopts Global Convention on Tourism Ethics.In St Petersburg yesterday, the UNWTO General Assembly officially adopted the International Convention on Tourism Ethics. This is a big step forward as UNWTO works to make the global tourism sector fairer, more ethical and more transparent. This treaty will be open to signature by member states from October 16th. Pascal Lamy, the Chair of the World Committee of Tourism Ethics, who has long been been advocating the transformation of the existing code of ethics of tourism said : " In the name of the Committee, I can only congratulate the countries who took this historic decision to elevate ethics of tourism into a binding legal instrument. Globalisation needs to be harnessed by principles that make it better, not worse, for human kind"
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Thinking Big About Innovation and Sustainable Development in Tourism in St Petersburg TodayAt the 23rd General Assembly today, leaders of the public and private sector will debate the challenges the tourism sector faces – and explore how innovation can deliver solutions to these. Private sector speakers due to speak at the High-Level Summit on Innovation and Sustainable Development include, Mr. Javier Hidalgo, CEO, GlobaliaMr. Ahmed Yehia, Founder & CEO, Eco Nubia and Ms. Nancy Bautista Mudd, Co-Founder, Nenemi. Also contributing to the debate on how to scale-up ideas for a more sustainable tourism sector will be Ms. Natalia Bayona, Senior Expert, Innovation & Digital Transformation, UNWTO, and Mr. Adam M. Goldstein, Chair, Cruise Lines International Association.
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Philippines hosts lunch for General Assembly delegatesThe Philippines hosts the third of the General Assembly’s hosted lunches today as it puts forward its case for hosting the 2021 UNWTO meeting |
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Did you know?The Russian Federation welcomed 25 million international tourist arrivals in 2018 (+1% over 2017) It’s now one of the Top 20 destinations in the world (ranked #16 in 2018) Russian is now one of the world’s largest tourism spenders, ranked #7 in 2018 with USD 34 billion (+10% in real terms over 2017) Tourism generates USD 12 billion annually for the Russian Federation Russian Tsar Peter the Great (who founded St Petersburg) was an enthusiastic tourist himself. He travelled widely, visiting Germany, France, the Netherlands and England. |
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