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Sustainable Development Goals

UNWTO and Basque Culinary Centre launch 2nd gastronomy tourism start-up competition

Megha Paul Feb 11, 2020

The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and Basque Culinary Center have joined forces again for the second edition of the Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition. After the…

Tourism

FITUR 2020: Sustainability, innovation and accessibility to take centre stage

Megha Paul Jan 17, 2020

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will place innovation and sustainability at the top of the agenda as it returns to the International Tourism Fair in Madrid (FITUR). At the 40th…

Technology

World’s most disruptive sports tourism start-ups meet in Macau

Megha Paul Oct 15, 2019

The growing sports tourism sector took centre stage at the Global Tourism Economy Forum in Macau, SAR with the first 'SPORTSTECH' edition of the UN World Tourism Organisation’s Tourism…

Tourism

Global city leaders adopt ‘Nur-Sultan Declaration’ on smart cities

Megha Paul Oct 14, 2019

City leaders from around the world met in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan for the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Urban Tourism Summit. The summit enjoyed the highest level of…

Special Reports

Heroes Wanted: Travel the world, save the planet

Christian Tolentino Aug 9, 2019

The 'Oceania' expedition, a scientific audio-visual project, is looking for young adventurers to help save the world.