2023 global growth to slow to 1.7% from 3% expected six months ago WASHINGTON, BTNp: – GLOBAL growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the World Bank’s latest “Global Economic Prospects” report. Given fragile economic conditions, any new…
Madrid, BTNp: THE World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) has met to advance the fair and responsible recovery of the sector. Meeting in Madrid and guided by the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, the Committee explored the main topics of its working groups for the next four years (period of 2022-2025)….
Montreal, Canada, BTNp: – DURING COP-15 in Montreal today, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance) announced a new collaboration which will bring together the public and private sectors in a shared vision to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. The…
Nara, Japan, BTNp:- UNWTO (the World Tourism Organization ), the Basque Culinary Center (BCC), the Japan Tourism Agency and the Nara Prefectural Government, announce that the 7th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism will take place on 12-15 December 2022, in Nara, Japan. Under the theme ‘Gastronomy Tourism for People and Planet: Innovate, Empower and Preserve’,…