UNWTO Welcomes EU Commitment to Strengthen Tourism in its Agenda
Madrid, Spain, 15 April 2010
Highlighting the importance of tourism in today’s global and national agendas is still an ongoing challenge. UNWTO welcomes that tourism’s proven contribution to economic growth, job creation and sustainable development is gaining increasing political recognition. In this regard, recent developments in the European Union (EU) acknowledging tourism’s significance to Europe’s socio-economic growth were welcomed by UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, speaking at the European Tourism Stakeholders Conference (Madrid, Spain, 14-15 April 2010).
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