ANDERMATTSWITZERLANDANDERMATTSWITZERLANDANDERMATTSWITZERLAND ANDERMATT SWITZERLAND 2022 Contact Andermatt – SWITZERLANDandermatt.ch An authentic Alpine lifestyle village The Andermatt Holiday Region lies in the heart of the Swiss Alps and is surrounded by natural landmarks. The central location makes the journey to Andermatt from the north, south, east, and west short and pleasant. Andermatt is blessed with a great…
MESTIAGEORGIAMESTIAGEORGIAMESTIAGEORGIA MESTIA GEORGIA 2022 Contact Mestia – GEORGIA georgia.travel The Cleanest Tourism Region in Georgia Mestia, with its fascinating nature and rich history has remarkable monuments of Georgian architecture and ethnography including churches, monasteries, traditional towers, and local buildings. The village has a diverse landscape, rich in forest areas and alpine zones and is famous…
UMM QAISJORDANUMM QAISJORDANUMM QAISJORDAN UMM QAIS JORDAN 2022 Contact Umm Qais – JORDAN The revival of a traditional village The village enjoys unique touristic features, including picturesque scenery whereby the village is part of the Al Yarmouk Nature Reserve, which is the last natural extension of the deciduous oak forest, the national tree of Jordan.…
KFAR KAMAISRAELKFAR KAMAISRAELKFAR KAMAISRAEL KFAR KAMA ISRAEL 2022 Contact Kfar Kama – ISRAELkfarkama.co.il Home of the Circassians Kfar Kama is a Circassian village that was established in 1878 by Circassian immigrants who came from the Caucasus Mountains after their expulsion from the Russian Empire. The village is in a central position in the Galilee region.…
ALULA OLD TOWNSAUDI ARABIAALULA OLD TOWNSAUDI ARABIAALULA OLD TOWNSAUDI ARABIA ALULA OLD TOWN SAUDI ARABIA 2022 Contact AlUla Old TownMadinah – SAUDI ARABIAexperiencealula.com Ancient majestic wonders of Saudi Arabia AlUla county, home to AlUla Old Town, is a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage that, until the last few years, was closed to international…
ZELL AM SEEAUSTRIAZELL AM SEEAUSTRIAZELL AM SEEAUSTRIA ZELL AM SEE AUSTRIA 2022 Contact Zell am See – Salzburg – AUSTRIA zellamsee-kaprun.com/de A picturesque lakeside village Zell am See is a town in the Austrian Alps with 10,131 inhabitants. Located in Salzburg county, surrounded by beautiful mountains, the town is famous for skiing in winter and…
Launched in 2021, Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO promotes and enhances the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural and cultural diversity, knowledge systems, and local values and activities, including gastronomy. At the same time, the initiative also promotes transformative approaches to the development of tourism in rural destinations that…
The Secretary- General visited Gruyères, recognized as one of the 44 Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO in 2021, where he commended the commitment to harnessing tourism, to promote and protect cultural and gastronomic heritage, and support jobs and local businesses. Alongside the visit – a first to one of the Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO…
https://tourism-villages.unwto.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Best-Villages_1-with-Brown-Logo-1.mp4 The UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili has stressed the importance of tourism for rural development while presenting the Best Tourism Villages initiative. The Secretary-General invited Members States to join the initiative highlighting that a best tourism village is: “A village with immense natural and cultural resources. A village committed to promote and preserve its nature…
RADOVLIJCASLOVENIARADOVLIJCASLOVENIARADOVLIJCASLOVENIA RADOVLJICA SLOVENIA 2021 Contact Linhartov trg 9, 4240 RadovljicaSlovenia E: [email protected] Radovljica is the sweetest Slovenian small town, also known as the town with the most sun in Gorenjska. The charming and quaint town of Radovljica lies on a terrace of the Sava river, just a few kilometres from world-renowned Bled. The heart and…