PUERTO WILLIAMSCHILEPUERTO WILLIAMSCHILEPUERTO WILLIAMSCHILE PUERTO WILLIAMS CHILE 2021 Contact Puerto WilliamsCabo de Hornos, [email protected] Located in the southern tip of Chile, is Navarino Island, where “the southernmost city in the world” is located, Puerto Williams, capital of the Cabo de Hornos commune. Accessible only by air (1.5 hours) and sea (32 hours). It is part…
San Cosme y DamianParaguaySan Cosme y DamianParaguaySan Cosme y DamianParaguay San Cosme y Damian Paraguay 2021 Contact Calle asunción e/ San Damián San Cosme y Damián Itapúa – Paraguay E: (municipalidad [email protected]) San Cosme y Damián is located in the south of the Department of Itapúa, 333 kilometres from the city of Asunción, on…
NglanggeranIndonesiaNglanggeranIndonesiaNglanggeranIndonesia Nglanggeran Indonesia 2021 Contact Desa Nglanggeran, Kecamatan Patuk, Kab. Gunungkidul, D.I.Yogyakarta 55862, Indonesia E: [email protected] Nglanggeran, located 25 km away from Yogyakarta city, has developed the concept of Community-based tourism. The majority of the population work as farmers, plantation workers and ranchers. The beauty of its natural landscape and the uniqueness of Gunung Api…
Nkotsi VillageRwandaNkotsi VillageRwanda NKOTSI VILLAGE Rwanda 2021 Contact NR 17 Nyakinama Road- 87 Musanze Nkotsi is a small village located in the south-western side of Musanze, a town in the Northern Province of Rwanda. It is one of the villages part of Volcanoes National Park, internationally recognised UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and home to 30%…
LE MORNEMAURITIUSLE MORNEMAURITIUSLE MORNEMAURITIUS Le Morne MAURITIUS 2021 Contact Le MorneMauritius E: [email protected] The cradle of Séga music Besides its charming inhabitants, the village of Le Morne boasts extraordinary natural and cultural resources which are renowned internationally. In fact, one of the unique facet of this historical, colorful and tranquil village is that it is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quw54I3oWsY Madrid, Spain, 2 December 2021 – The best examples of villages embracing tourism to provide opportunity and drive sustainable development have been celebrated at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly in Madrid. The Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with…
CaspaláArgentinaCaspaláArgentinaCaspaláArgentina Caspalá Argentina 2021 Contact Caspalá, Argentina [email protected] http://www.turismocomunitariojujuy.travel/ Colorful shawls and ancient traditions Located in the department of Valle Grande, the town of Caspalá is at an altitude of 3,100 m.a.s.l. Mountainous by nature, it is about 240 km from San Salvador de Jujuy. Declared in 2002 by UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Program…
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…
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…
Since the launch of the Global UNWTO Students’ League 2021 edition in May this year, the 155 teams participating have been working on the challenges focused on addressing the issue of plastics pollution within the sector and on maximizing tourism’s contributions to rural development. The 4 Teams with the highest score per category and challenge…