{"id":5881,"date":"2022-12-09T01:41:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T01:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=31184"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:41:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T01:41:21","slug":"unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future\/","title":{"rendered":"UNWTO and European Commission Share Joint Vision for Tourism\u2019s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p_brief\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future.jpg\" alt=\"UNWTO and European Commission Share Joint Vision for Tourism's Future - TRAVELINDEX\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future.jpg 500w, https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future-2.jpg 696w, https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future-3.jpg 773w, https:\/\/corporate.travelindex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future-4.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Brussels, Belgium, December 3, 2022 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ As the European Council presents the conclusions of<strong>\u00a0the European Tourism Agenda<\/strong>, UNWTO has joined European Commissioner for Transport Adina V\u0103lean in emphasizing the\u00a0<strong>importance of jobs, education and investments<\/strong>\u00a0for achieving the shared vision for a revitalized sector between now and 2050.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusions presented by the European Council today are built on several years of work around \u201cTourism in Europe for the Next Decade.\u201d They inform a new Transition Pathway for Tourism, developed by the European Commission in consultation with key stakeholders, including UNWTO. The Transition Pathway identifies specific intervention areas to boost the tourism eco-system in Europe. Several of the key intervention areas reflect the priorities of UNWTO, most notably a recognition of the importance of building and supporting a\u00a0<strong>skilled and committed workforce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili and Commissioner V\u0103lean welcomed the restart of international travel across the region. However, they stress that\u00a0<strong>tourism and transport need to \u201cwork together\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0to address the gap in tourism employment by making both sectors more attractive for workers. Additionally, the joint statement notes the importance of investments in tourism as a means of accelerating the shift to greater resilience and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>UNWTO has made tourism education and training one of the priorities in recent years. Alongside this, UNWTO opened a first department focused on investments, emphasizing that to achieve its wider goals of becoming more resilient and sustainable, tourism first needs the\u00a0<strong>financial and human capital<\/strong>\u00a0in place.<\/p>\n<p><em>First published at<a href=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/more-news\/organizations\/international-organizations\/un-world-tourism-organization-news\/unwto-and-european-commission-share-joint-vision-for-tourisms-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> TravelCommunication.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, Belgium, December 3, 2022 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ As the European Council presents the conclusions of\u00a0the European Tourism Agenda, UNWTO has joined European Commissioner for Transport Adina V\u0103lean in emphasizing the\u00a0importance of jobs, education and investments\u00a0for achieving the shared vision for a revitalized sector between now and 2050. The conclusions presented by the European Council &hellip;<\/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-5881","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\/5881","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=5881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}