Association News

» ATOAI to host a five city road show in USA and Canada from 2 to 10 October 2013

Will form an ideal platform for the International Launch of the “777 Days of the Indian Himalayas” campaign ... Read more

» Germany gives grant to PATA to promote a sustainable APAC visitor economy

The primary aim of the project is to support the increased engagement of PATA in the promotion of sustainable development and inclusive green growth through tourism ... Read more

» Pascal Lamy to chair the World Committee on Tourism Ethics

The World Committee on Tourism Ethics is the independent body responsible for interpreting, applying and evaluating the provisions of the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism ... Read more

» UNWTO and FITUR to co-host the 2013 UNWTO Awards

The UNWTO Awards recognize and showcase innovative and sustainable tourism initiatives and influential individuals of the tourism sector ... Read more

» Countries call for closer tourism and air transport policies at UNWTO

Issues such as visa facilitation, the need to make airports more visitor friendly, taxation, open skies and the impact of low cost airlines were among the issues in debate ... Read more

» Global tourist traffic grew by 5 percent in first half of 2013

Destinations around the world witnessed an estimated 494 million visitors in the first six months of 2013 indicating an additional 25 million international tourists compared to the same period of 2012 ... Read more

» Taleb Rifai reelected as UNWTO Secretary-General

The announcement was made today at the 20th Session of the General Assembly in Livingstone, Victoria Falls ... Read more

» Asia Pacific on Track For Another Record Year in International Visitor Arrivals

PATA report shows more than eight million additional arrivals over and above those received for the corresponding periods of last year ... Read more

» New Zealand Maori Tourism to host Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference 2014

The objective of the PAITC is to promote awareness, enhance and protect the increasingly important tourism role of Asia Pacific's Indigenous peoples such as hill tribes and forest dwellers ... Read more

» Goa to focus on health and wellness tourism

While medical tourism is growing in Goa, the government is keen to attract investments in new facilities and draw more medical tourists to Goa for high-end and complicated procedures ... Read more

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