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Govt to host G20 tourism meetings across various states to cover geographical expanse

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 12 January 2023, 12:00 PM 292

The first of the four tourism working group meetings is slotted for early next month at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, the next meeting will be held between April 3 and 5 in Siliguri/Darjeeling and the fourth ministerial meeting will be held in Goa from June 19-22, sources have confirmed, reports The Indian Express. For […]Continue Reading

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Seychelles launches tourism satellite account system; first for Africa

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 16 September 2022, 10:15 AM 569

Seychelles recently launched Africa’s first tourism satellite account system, Seychelles News Agency reported. The system launched is a tool developed by international institutions (the UNWTO, the OECD Eurostat, and the United Nations Statistics Division) to harmonize and reconcile tourism data. It aims to strengthen the tourism data system and help match tourism demand Continue Reading

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Russia withdraws from UN tourism body: UNWTO

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 29 April 2022, 3:30 PM 868

Russia is withdrawing from the United Nation’s tourism body, the UN World Tourism Organization said on Wednesday ahead of a vote to suspend Moscow’s membership over its invasion of Ukraine, reports AFP. “Russia has announced its intention to withdraw from UNWTO,” the UNWTO said in a tweet, adding that Russia’s suspension “is effective Continue Reading

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World Tourism Won’t Return To Pre-Covid Levels Until 2024: UNWTO

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 3:54 PM 1007

Tourism arrivals around the world are not expected to return to their pre-pandemic levels until 2024 at the earliest, the World Tourism Organization said. The highly contagious Omicron variant, though mild, will “disrupt the recovery” in early 2022 after last year saw four percent growth over 2020, according to the Madrid-based UN agency’s World Tourism Continue Reading

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Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency Appointed to UNWTO Board of Directors

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 13 January 2022, 12:54 PM 1065

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a United Nations agency and the leading international organization in the field of tourism, has completed appointments to its Board of Directors of Affiliate Members for the 2022-2025 period. Commissioned by UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili, the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) joins the Board of Continue Reading

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TOFT India launches Travelife programme to drive tour operation standards

By Asmita Mukherjee Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 4:30 PM 1194 0

TOFT India, the nature based travel trade alliance focusing on driving more sustainable travel in South Asia, has launched the internationally-recognised Travelife programme to help drive up tour operation standards in India’s tourism sector. “India’s track record on travel and tourism sustainability is very poor, according to the latest UNWTO report 2019, far behind many Continue Reading