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…
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…
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…
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia/Madrid, Spain, 26 May 2021 – The search is on for the best examples of rural villages harnessing the power of tourism to provide opportunity and safeguard their communities, local traditions and heritage. The initiative of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will identify villages taking innovative and transformative approaches to tourism in rural…
Madrid, Spain, 6 April 2021 – The United Nations specialized agency has recorded rising interest in unique and authentic travel experiences, including in nature-based and outdoors tourism. With this trend expected to accelerate as tourism restarts, the Startup Competition is looking for those ideas that will help ensure rural communities are best-placed to benefit. The…
In 2020 the World Tourism Organization launched the UNWTO Students’ League, an initiative that creates an innovative environment and helps national public and private sector stakeholders to foster talent development and obtain innovative sustainable solutions for the challenges they face. This initiative empowers and motivates travel & tourism students to get involved in the industry…
