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Trinidad and Tobago joins UNWTO

October 6, 2014 • admin
Trinidad and Tobago has become UNWTO’s 156th Member State because the country rejoins the Organization after 35 years. The announcement was made by the Secretary General, Taleb Rifai, on the opening of the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas in San Jose, Costa Rica. “We are more than happy to welcome Trinidad and Tobago back into the Organization, a rustic which was as a matter of fact a founding member of UNWTO because it pertained to the International Union of Official Travel ‎Organizations (IUOTO), the predecessor of UNWTO,” said Mr. Rifai. “Trinidad and Tobago has placed tourism as a concern within its technique to diversify the national economy and we glance forward to working with the tourism sector within the country to realize this objective”, he added....
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International tourism receipts grew by 4% in 2012

October 3, 2014 • admin
Receipts from international tourism in destinations around the globe grew by 4% in 2012 reaching US$ 1075 billion. This growth is the same as the 4% increase in international tourist arrivals which reached 1035 million in 2012. An extra US$ 219 billion was recorded in receipts from international passenger transport, bringing total exports generated by international tourism in 2012 to US$ 1.3 trillion. According to the most recent UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism receipts hit a brand new record in 2012, reaching an estimated US$ 1075 billion (euro 837 billion) worldwide, up 4% in real terms, from US$ 1042 billion (euro 749 billion) in 2011. “It is encouraging to look that the expansion in international tourist arrivals was equalled by a comparable increase in spending regardless of continued economic...
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United Arab Emirates joins rejoins United Nations World Tourism Organisation

September 21, 2014 • admin
UNWTO secretary general, Taleb Rifai, has announced the United Arab Emirates has rejoined the organisation 26 years after leaving. “The Middle East is without doubt one of the fastest growing tourism regions on the earth regardless of facing countless challenges; much of this dynamism have been led by the strong political commitment awarded to tourism within the region and the vision that tourism is a key pillar of development within the Middle East of which the UAE is an ideal example,” said Rifai.  “The UAE play a central role not just within the development of tourism within the region but additionally in linking the center East with other regions and we think that by working together we are going to enhance tourism within and to the Emirates in addition to...
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WTTC president Scowsill requires British Schengen entrance

December 13, 2013 • admin
The UK should adopt the Schengen System to make sure it stops missing out on vital tourists, in accordance with World Travel & Tourism Council president David Scowsill. The comments come as prime minister David Cameron promised to loosen visa bureaucracy for visitors from India. Scowsill explained: “It is sweet to listen to David Cameron is vowing to sit back visa rules to permit more Indians to travel to Britain for work and study. “Anything which permits people to travel more easily can only be a terrific thing, socially and economically, for the united kingdom. “But it really is only 1 small step. “The restrictive visa policies in place inside the UK are making the rustic uncompetitive and the united kingdom government now should loosen visa bureaucracy for other emerging...
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