MADRID, Spain, BTNp: UN Tourism has launched the Safe Destinations Challenge to identify innovative solutions that position the sector as a driver of resilience, safety, and sustainability. The initiative focuses initially on Europe, which welcomed 747 million international tourists in 2024, representing around 58% of the global figures. The Safety of Destinations (SAFE-D) Initiative, led…
BRA, ITALY, BTNp: UN Tourism and Slow Food will work together to promote gastronomy tourism as a tool for socio-economic development of people and communities. In a new Memorandum of Understanding signed on the occasion of Sustainable Gastronomy Day, both organizations commit to strengthening the gastronomy tourism value chain, enhancing the linkages between food producers,…
JAKARTA, BTNp: INDONESIA’s proactive tourism strategy shows how vision and investment can turn destinations into inclusive, sustainable growth engines. With strong public-private partnerships and a clear development roadmap, Indonesia continues to lead by example in the region. UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili conveyed this at the launch of the latest edition of the tourism investment…
DENPASAR, BTNp: GLOBAL Tourism Resilience Day (17 February), proclaimed by the General Assembly in resolution A/RES/77/269, aims to emphasize the need to foster resilient tourism development to deal with shocks, taking into account the vulnerability of the tourism sector to emergencies. It is also a call for action for Member States to develop national strategies…