{"id":7585,"date":"2026-01-04T03:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/wttc-congratulates-shaikha-al-nowais-on-official-appointment-as-un-tourism-secretary-general\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:35:45","slug":"wttc-congratulates-shaikha-al-nowais-on-official-appointment-as-un-tourism-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/wttc-congratulates-shaikha-al-nowais-on-official-appointment-as-un-tourism-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"WTTC Congratulates Shaikha Al Nowais on Official Appointment as UN Tourism Secretary-General"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"WTTC<\/a>Rome, Italy, January 04, 2026 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its Members wish to extend their sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Shaikha Al Nowais<\/strong> on her official appointment<\/strong> as the Secretary-General of UN Tourism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This appointment marks a significant moment for the global Travel & Tourism sector, and WTTC is confident that Shaikha Al Nowais\u2019s leadership and vision will be instrumental in guiding the sector toward a prosperous future.<\/p>\n

The Travel & Tourism sector is a vital component of the global economy, contributing more than 10% to global GDP and supporting over 357 million jobs worldwide, and we look forward to working together with Shaikha Al Nowais to continue building an inclusive, sustainable, and resilient sector.<\/p>\n

We stand committed to supporting UN Tourism\u2019s critical mission and are excited to cement a powerful, robust partnership under this new leadership.<\/p>\n

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Rome, Italy, January 04, 2026 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its Members wish to extend their sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Shaikha Al Nowais on her official appointment as the Secretary-General of UN Tourism. This appointment marks a significant moment for the global Travel & Tourism sector, and WTTC …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2315,37,14,2316,1966],"class_list":["post-7585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-travel-news","tag-global-travelnews","tag-news","tag-travelindex","tag-travelindex-media-group","tag-untourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585","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=7585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}