{"id":7392,"date":"2022-03-02T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourism-villages.unwto.org\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:35:31","slug":"secretary-general-visits-gruyeres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourism-villages.unwto.org\/en\/news\/secretary-general-visits-gruyeres\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secretary-General visits Gruy\u00e8res, one of the Best Tourism Villages 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7392\" class=\"elementor elementor-7392\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce6cf48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce6cf48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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2021<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea10da5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea10da5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ac8795\" data-id=\"7ac8795\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d5c30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"63d5c30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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tourism, to promote and protect cultural and gastronomic heritage, and support jobs and local businesses. Alongside the visit \u2013 a first to one of the Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO \u2013 the delegation also met with Eric Jakob, Ambassador of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), whose brief includes tourism policy, as well as with Martin Nydegger, CEO of Switzerland Tourism. The meetings offered the UNWTO leadership a chance to welcome Switzerland\u2019s recent decision to lift almost all restrictions on incoming tourists, setting an example for other countries to follow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6a2c95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6a2c95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-439c51d\" data-id=\"439c51d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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