UN Tourism Secretary-General Calls for a People-centered Transformation of Sector

With six years to go for the deadline of the Global Goals, UN Tourism Secretary-General has called for a people-centered transformation of tourism.

The call came as UN Tourism again partnered with the World Economic Forum on the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2024. The report makes clear tourism’s importance to both developed and developing economies everywhere, underscoring the sector’s rapid recovery from the impacts of the pandemic. At the same time, the Index also echo  the rise of challenges including air connectivity, labor shortages and uneven adoption of technology and innovation. 

We have a responsibility to make tourism jobs valued and decent jobs and that we make tourism an opportunity for a better future for everyone, women and global youth especially

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