On the Group’s headquarters in Madrid, the UN Tourism management welcomed the Ambassadors to Spain of 24 Member States to stay up for the seminal yr. They included His Excellency Farrukh Tursunov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan, which sponsored the Decision for the yr forward of its adoption by 86 Member States on the UN Common Meeting in February. Rosario Sánchez Grau, Secretary of State for Tourism of Spain, host nation of UN Tourism, was additionally current to mark the event.
Welcoming the dignitaries, UN Tourism Secretary-Common Zurab Pololikashvili stated: The adoption of the Decision to proclaim 2027 the Worldwide 12 months of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism was a joint achievement. So it’s only proper we come collectively at this time to rejoice it. The yr will permit us to clarify tourism’s distinctive capability to drive improvement and alternative, whereas additionally stressing the necessity to make sure that the sector’s progress is sustainable in each means and resilient sufficient to climate future shocks and challenges.
The UN Common Meeting Decision calls on UN Tourism to facilitate the group and implementation of the Worldwide 12 months, in collaboration with Governments, related organizations of the United Nations system, worldwide and regional organizations and different related stakeholders.
