Tag: WTTC
WTTC to bailout hard-hit travel and tourism sector
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) will be rolling out a host of monetary-easing measures to blunt the economic impact sustained by the...
APAC fastest growing region for travel and tourism: WTTC
Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region for travel and tourism, with 80% of the top fastest growing cities in the region, and contributing US$915...
Tourism industry more resilient than ever to crises: WTTC
The travel and tourism sector is more resilient than ever, with average recovery times having decreased from 26 months in 2001 to 10 months...
WTTC forms industry taskforce to fight human trafficking
The WTTC has launched a global taskforce comprising travel industry members and associations to help prevent and combat human trafficking, an illicit activity that...
Tourism’s ‘the best partner for governments’ to drive economy and job...
The growing importance of tourism's role in the global economy was once again underscored by WTTC president & CEO Gloria Guevara yesterday at the...
APAC takes lion’s share of world’s fastest growing cities: WTTC
Four of the five fastest-growing cities by travel and tourism GDP contribution over the past decade are located in China, WTTC found in its...
China, US, India top tourism powerhouses: WTTC
China, the US and India took the top three spots in the WTTC's new Power Ranking, released ahead of World Tourism Day celebrations.
The three...
WTTC, IATA team up to unlock biometric benefits in travel
WTTC and IATA are partnering to achieve the benefits of biometrics and deliver traveller digital identity management throughout the travel and tourism sector.
The agreement,...
Tourism supports one in five jobs created in 2017
One in five of all new jobs created globally in 2017 are attributable to travel and tourism, according to new research from the World...
Tourism a bright spot for Indonesia, touts WTTC chief
Travel and tourism’s total contribution to Indonesia's GDP is expected grow 6.2 per cent annually, higher than the global average of four per cent,...
