Russia withdraws from UN tourism body: UNWTO

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

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 Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

TOFT India launches Travelife programme to drive tour operation standards

Asmita Mukherjee Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 4:30 PM 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