All that you need to know about Jamaica’s traveller protection programme
Jamaica Cares is a ground-breaking traveller protection and emergency services programme set to launch next month
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Sighting the opportunity for travel in the COVID crisis
Following a lack of a unified approach to health protocols and rapid testing, Rifai acknowledges that the private sector is under tremendous pressure and calls for governments to think out…
ATM Virtual: 45% of Chinese are willing to travel overseas
With the spread of coronavirus under control and domestic leisure travel growing, Middle East travel professionals are now looking to China to initiate international tourism. A joint…
Rifai joins adventure travel association
The Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) has roped in Taleb Rifai, former secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as a special advisor. Rifai, a…
82% of HK travellers planning to take dedicated food tourism trip this year, says Booking.com
Asian countries trump some of the well-known culinary destinations like France and Italy, according to westerners and fellow Asians.
International tourism surges strongly in 2017
International tourism continued to strengthen in the first quarter of 2017, as travellers shrugged off security and economic concerns to cross borders in increasing numbers.
According…
Tourism leaders discuss cutting carbon emissions
The UNWTO has held an event in Kazakhstan to discuss ways the tourism industry can help combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions.
Industry leaders and policy-makers convened…
Chinese overseas tourism spending surges
Spending by Chinese tourists in international destinations continued to rise sharply in 2016, as the world's most valuable outbound tourism market further strengthened its position.…
UNWTO applauds Japan’s tourism focus
The secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai, met with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently, to discuss the country's tourism development…
Korean woman stands for UNWTO top job
South Korea's Young-shim Dho is one of seven candidates in line to become the UN World Tourism Organization’s new secretary-general.
Ms Dho is currently the chair of the UNWTO's…
UNWTO puts climate change at “heart” of Asian tourism agenda
Climate change needs to be at the "heart of the tourism agenda" in Southeast Asia, the UNWTO has said.
The organisation recently hosted a major event in the Philippines that outlined…
Call for higher policy coordination between tourism and aviation sectors
Improving air connectivity through a closer coordination of tourism and aviation policies to ensure the sustained growth
of the tourism sector and of air transport was the commitment…
