United Nations World Tourism Organization

After nearly three years of travel disruptions and complications, many countries have abandoned most pandemic restrictions. People are traveling internationally and there is plenty of idle demand spread around the world.

Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki tabled a proposal for Greece to host the first conference of the newly created Online Education Committee of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), during a video conference of the committee on Thursday.

She also stressed Greece's recent leap in distance learning.

Turkey's tourism sector will likely shrink 70% this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country's culture and tourism minister said on Nov. 26. 

"It looks like we will end 2020 with slightly over $11 billion in tourism revenues and over 15 million travelers," Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said in an online session of the 10th International Resort Tourism Congress.

The second International Congress on World Civilizations and Historic Routes kicked off here on Thursday, bringing together over 500 high-level delegates from countries and regions all over the world, Xinhua reported.

"Greece - A 365-Day Destination," a 3:36 minute film submitted by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) took the first prize for Europe at the second international video competition being run by the United Nations World Tourism Organization's (UNWTO) 22nd general assembly in Chengdu, China.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has submitted a film showcasing the country's natural, historical and cultural assets in the second international video competition being run by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

The United Nations World Tourism Organization attributes great significance to the utilization of the Silk Road - one of the most debated travel routes in the world - for tourism purposes.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization has said he is confident that the Turkish tourism sector will recover in the coming period.      

In an interview with state-run Anadolu Agency on March 16, Taleb Rifai said Turkey was a "mature and consolidated destination" with a track record of fast recovery at times of crisis.      

The Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is in Greece since last Tuesday as he accepted the invitation of the Greek Minister of Tourism Elena Kountoura. After meeting the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Mr.

The head of the United Nations tourism body praised Greece on Thursday for its reception of more than 1 million refugees at the peak of the migration crisis in 2015.