Athens, Greece, will host the 66th Meeting of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Europe during June 2-4. Considered an event of global interest, the meeting will aim to define priority actions and measures, which should be adopted at a pan-European level for the sustainable recovery of tourism from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The […]
Clio Muse Tours Founders Giannis Nikolopoulos, Daphne Tsevrenir and Andreas Fatouros. Greek startup Clio Muse Tours is among the 25 winners of the SDGs Global Startup Competition that was organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) with the aim to recognize sustainable and responsible tourism practices. Supported by the United Nations Innovation Network, the
Photo source: UNWTO The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Wednesday announced the winners of its SDGs Global Startup Competition that were recognized for their unique contributions to sustainable and responsible tourism. The competition, which was supported by the United Nations Innovation Network, attracted some 10,000 initial proposals. From these, the jury chose 25
Global tourism suffered its worst year on record in 2020, with international arrivals dropping by 74 percent, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said on Thursday. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, destinations worldwide welcomed 1 billion fewer international arrivals in 2020 than in the previous year, due to an unprecedented fall in demand […]
Photo source: UNWTO The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has called for the safe resumption of international travel in a harmonized way that includes vaccination certificates, digitalization and testing protocols. The organization’s call came during the Global Tourism Crisis Committee’s first meeting of 2021 in Madrid, which focused on the integration of vaccines into a
Photo source: UNWTO The members of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have nominated Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili to continue leading the United Nations specialized agency for four more years. At the end of the 113th UNWTO Executive Council meeting, held on Tuesday as a hybrid event in Madrid, Spain, members voted for […]
The UNWTO’s current secretary general, Zurab Pololikashvili. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is starting the new year with the 113th session of the Executive Council Meeting in Madrid, Spain, during January 18-19. The Executive Council meeting will also include the election for the position of UNWTO Secretary General for the term 2022-2025. According to an […]
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Sommet Education are organizing the Hospitality Challenge Pitch, a series of online discussions focusing on the future of the tourism industry. The events will also feature the finalists of the Hospitality Challenge, the solidarity initiative created by the two partners. Over four weekly sessions, UNWTO experts and tourism leaders
Photo source: UNWTO The restart of tourism cannot wait for mass vaccinations against the coronavirus (Covid-19) to become a reality, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said in a recent statement. Looking forward as the most challenging year in the industry’s history ends, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said that tourism ends 2020 more united and
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) have teamed up once again, this time to celebrate the transformative power being unleashed as the restart of tourism gets underway. Centered around a 45-second film launched on Monday and broadcast exclusively on CNN International until January 2021, the #RestartTourism message highlights


















