UNWTO
3 Feb
Tourism professionals, journalists, media and communication specialists were drawn from 20 countries in the Africa region to attend the first United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Communication, Media and Tourism Training recently in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe.
16 Dec
Exactly one year after his painful demise in far away Madrid, Spain, former Nigerian Minister of State for Defence and Ambassador to Spain, Chief Ademola Rasaq Seriki (CON) was, yesterday, remembered with a fidau prayer. The prayer session was organised by his loving wife, Wosilat Okoya-Seriki and her children - Abisola Dejonwo, Faridah Demola-Seriki and…
9 Dec
Towards improving connectivity and advancing seamless travel in Africa, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has strengthened its partnership with the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).
9 Dec
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has laid the strong foundations needed for countries everywhere to provide greater legal certainty to all operators in the tourism sector.
2 Dec
Based on recent data from the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), overall global tourism recovered 87 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in January-September 2023. This puts the sector on course to recover almost 90 per cent by the end of the year.
4 Nov
With a focus on tourism education and training, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly looked to the future at the global education forum which brought together Ministers, employers, educators and learners to address the biggest challenges and opportunities for advancing training across every part of the sector.
28 Oct
Towards communicating the impact of tourism through films, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), during the just concluded 2023 edition of its Video Competition used the power of visual storytelling to highlight tourism as a force for good. Member States from all regions were invited to submit their videos for consideration, with a…
28 Oct
To fulfill its statutory obligations and look ahead to a full two years of transforming the tourism sector in all regions, the Executive Council of UNWTO endorsed the organisation’s Programme of Work for 2024 and 2025.
21 Oct
At the eighth edition of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, co-organised with Basque Culinary Center (BCC), stakeholders chart a path forward to strengthen the links between product, gastronomy and tourism.
23 Sep
In every part of the world, tourism has continued to recover from the worst crisis in its history as arrival numbers reached 84 per cent of pre-pandemic levels between January and July 2023.
23 Sep
Edo State Government, as part of activities to mark the 2023 World Tourism Day (WTD), is to rally stakeholders in the State’s tourism sector to get their input in the recently drafted Edo State Heritage Promotion and Protection Policy...
15 Jul 2023
Yesterday, the United Nations (UN) in its bid to fast track the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using tourism, gathered leaders from the public and private sectors for a high level roundtable at the official side event on “Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability in Tourism” at the UN Headquarters in New York.