Tag: UNWTO
Destinations lift travel curbs cautiously: UNWTO
Tourist destinations across the globe are taking the first tentative steps towards easing Covid-19-related travel restrictions, new research by UNWTO has shown.
Amid the UN...
Global tourism’s comeback entail digitalisation, safety protocols: UNWTO
To help the tourism sector emerge stronger from Covid-19, UNWTO has released a set of guidelines that highlight the need for safe, seamless travel...
Tourism players going extra mile to lift virus-hit communities
Employers from across global tourism are going beyond the call of duty in supporting their workers and communities, research carried out into the sector’s...
International tourist arrivals could plunge up to 80% in 2020: UNWTO
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a 22 per cent fall in international tourist arrivals in 1Q2020, and could result in an annual decline of...
Travel restrictions grip 96% of global destinations
The UNWTO is calling on all governments to continuously review travel restrictions and ease or lift them once it is safe to do so,...
International tourism to nosedive up to 30% in 2020: UNWTO
The number of international tourist arrivals will plummet by 20-30 per cent in 2020 when compared with 2019 figures, due to the ongoing coronavirus...
UNWTO, WHO call on innovators to aid tourism recovery
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is collaborating with World Health Organization (WHO) in launching “Healing Solutions for Tourism”, an innovation challenge to help the tourism...
UNWTO urges deeper collaboration to curb carbon emissions from tourism
Transport-related emissions from tourism are expected to account for 5.3 per cent of all man-made carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, up from 5 per...
GTEF’s Pansy Ho joins tourism debate at UNWTO’s 23rd General Assembly
Pansy Ho, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF), participated in the Ministerial Debate on Education and Employment in Tourism:...
UNWTO meeting brings sustainability to forefront; adopts convention on tourism ethics
The 23rd session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has opened in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with sustainability and innovation taking...
