{"id":5873,"date":"2022-11-30T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=31168"},"modified":"2022-11-30T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T06:00:41","slug":"unwto-at-wttc-summit-we-are-your-voice-at-global-governance-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/unwto-at-wttc-summit-we-are-your-voice-at-global-governance-level\/","title":{"rendered":"UNWTO at WTTC SUMMIT: We Are Your Voice at Global Governance Level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"UNWTO<\/a>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 30, 2022 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ UNWTO has returned to Riyadh to serve as a bridge between public and private leaders as tourism faces up to big challenges of today: high inflation, geopolitical insecurity and the climate emergency.<\/p>\n

At the\u00a0World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit<\/strong>, taking place this week in the Saudi capital, UNWTO stressed the vital importance of education and investments as twin factors in ensuring tourism fulfils its enormous potential as a driver of sustainable and inclusive development. The high-level participation of UNWTO in this leading private sector forum further highlighted the Organization\u2019s unique and natural ability to connect political ambitions and private sector capacity.<\/p>\n

Education: An Investment in Tourism\u2019s Future<\/h2>\n

This year, we brought tourism to the UN General Assembly for the first time and we have also put tourism on the G20 agenda<\/p>\n

Speaking before the Summit\u2019s two main events, the Global Leaders\u2019 Dialogue and the Summit\u2019s Opening Panel, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said: \u201cThis year, we brought tourism to the UN General Assembly for the first time and we have also put tourism on the G20 agenda\u201d, adding \u201cthat is why I am here: UNWTO can be your voice at the global governance level\u201d.<\/p>\n

Carrying forward the momentum of key events held during 2022, including World Tourism Day in Bali, the Ministers\u2019 Summit at World Travel Market in London and, most recently, the UNWTO Executive Council meeting in Marrakesh, the WTTC Summit provided the latest high-level platform for UNWTO to advance its priorities of\u00a0growing investments in tourism and promoting tourism education<\/strong>\u00a0and training. As Mr Pololikasvili told participants, skills development is \u201can investment in the future, to build the tourism sector we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Vision for Tourism<\/h2>\n

Against the backdrop of the WTTC Summit, UNWTO invited all high-level delegates to return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2023 for the official World Tourism Day celebrations (27 September), to be held around the theme of \u2018Green Investments\u2019. The hosting of the international day for the sector will further advance the Kingdom\u2019s ambition to become a top emerging destination.<\/p>\n

The Kingdom is a strong supporter of UNWTO\u2019s mission to make tourism a driver of sustainable and inclusive development. UNWTO opened its first\u00a0Regional Office for the Middle East<\/strong>\u00a0in May 2021 in Riyadh. Built in record time and during a pandemic, the office is set to become a regional and global hub of tourism education and training as well as of tourism for rural development.<\/p>\n

First published at TravelCommunication.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 30, 2022 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ UNWTO has returned to Riyadh to serve as a bridge between public and private leaders as tourism faces up to big challenges of today: high inflation, geopolitical insecurity and the climate emergency. At the\u00a0World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit, taking place this week in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1924,43,1925],"class_list":["post-5873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-travel-news","tag-corporate","tag-global-travel-news","tag-latest-travel-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}