Supporting Sustainable Tourism with actions on the part of Croatia and UN Tourism

UN Tourism is to work with the Government Croatia and the University of Zagreb to establish a research and development centre focused on sustainable tourism. Croatia currently serves on UN Tourism’s Committee on Tourism and Sustainability, having chaired it between 2019 and 2023. The clear leadership and support for UN Tourism’s core values make it […]

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Airports set out plan for urgent EU and Government support as financial crisis worsens

ACI Europe today called on the European Commission to urgently adopt an EU Recovery Framework for Aviation and for Governments to provide the requisite funding to support airports – and the recovery of air connectivity. With close to 200 airports already facing the risk of insolvency, the financial situation of the European airport industry will further worsen in […]

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WTTC welcomes UK government budget statement

Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO said: “Thousands of tourism businesses large and small across the country will be breathing a collective sigh of relief now that the Chancellor has announced a VAT holiday of 15% for the hospitality industry from next Wednesday. “WTTC warmly welcomes this measure, which will save struggling companies millions of […]

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Egyptian Tourism Losing $250 Million a Month Since Russian Plane Crash

Amid losing hundreds of millions of dollars, we’ve seen little effort from the Egyptian government to convince tourists that the country is safe and open for business. An Egyptian government official says Egypt has lost hundreds of millions of dollars since last year’s suspected bombing of a Russian plane, which crippled the country’s vital tourism […]

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