Despite its wide-reaching socio-economic impacts, tourism still receives limited attention as a tool for development. On the occasion of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-16 July), UNWTO calls for higher support...
Last week UNWTO released positive news for international tourism, reporting growth above forecast expectations for 2014. Over 36 million more international tourists travelled between January and August 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This represents a 5%...
The UNWTO has commended the measures taken by the Government of Romania to attract more international youth travellers through the country’s first tourism cluster dedicated to young people. The new Youth Tourism Cluster, an initiative by the Ministry of Tourism of...
We are pleased to announce that Paschal Donohoe TD, Ireland’s recently appointed Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, will officially open this September’s WYSTC 2014 in Dublin. Mr Carlos Vogeler, UNWTO’s Director-Executive Secretary of Members Relations...
The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have formed a strategic partnership to further support and advance the youth, student and educational travel market, worth USD 182 billion in...
Total export earnings generated by international tourism in 2013 reached US$ 1.4 trillion. Receipts earned by destinations from international visitors grew by 5% to reach US$ 1159 billion, while an additional US$ 218 billion was earned by international passenger...
