Tag: WTTC
WTTC report highlights tourism’s vital role in fighting human trafficking
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released a new report which signals how the global travel and tourism sector can help eradicate...
Approved vaccine inconsistency could delay the restart of international travel: WTTC
The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved Covid-19 vaccines, warned the WTTC.
The global tourism body's...
New WTTC, UNEP report urges tourism stakeholders to rethink single-use plastics
In a bid to put the travel and tourism sector on a path towards sustainable recovery, the WTTC and the United Nations Environment Programme...
WTTC’s new campaign calls for international travel restart
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a campaign this week that calls on governments around the world to restart international travel...
Covid-19 robbed global tourism of US$4.5 trillion in 2020: WTTC
The global travel and tourism sector suffered a loss of almost US$4.5 trillion in 2020 due to the impact of Covid-19, revealed WTTC research.
The...
Quit labelling countries “high-risk”: WTTC
The WTTC is calling on governments to abandon the concept of "high-risk countries" and instead focus on how individual "high-risk travellers" are treated at...
WTTC projects over 100m tourism jobs recovered in 2021
Strong summer holiday bookings on the back of global vaccination rollout and widespread pre-departure testing could see more than 100 million jobs return to...
Mental health comes into WTTC’s focus
The WTTC has released a set of mental health guidelines to support tourism workers and help businesses build back better from the pandemic.
Suited for...
Mandatory vaccinations “discriminatory”, says WTTC chief
Setting Covid-19 vaccination mandates for travel is akin to workplace discrimination, claimed a high-level tourism official, who instead called for low-cost testing and better...
WTTC pushes plans for tourism reboot at historic G20 meet
In a historic first, G20 tourism ministers hosted more than 45 CEOs and members of WTTC, who presented their plan to restart international travel...
