SAMARKAND, CMC – Jamaica’s place as a pacesetter within the international tourism trade has been additional bolstered after the Caribbean nation secured the put up of second vice chair of the United Nations World Tourism Group’s (UNWTO) Govt Council.
The achievement follows a current vote held on the margins of the UNWTO Basic Meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. After a lobbying effort by the Jamaican delegation, Jamaica obtained a convincing 20 votes, whereas Lithuania garnered 14.
The Govt Council is a extremely esteemed physique chargeable for the administration and implementation of strategic selections carried out by the UNWTO.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett expressed pleasure at Jamaica’s election.
“We’re vastly honored and heartened by Jamaica’s election to the UNWTO Govt Council because the second vice chair. This achievement displays our unwavering dedication to sustainable and revolutionary tourism and underscores the belief the worldwide neighborhood locations in Jamaica’s management within the journey and hospitality sector. We eagerly anticipate our significant contributions to the Council’s work on this capability, with a give attention to selling the important function of tourism in financial improvement and driving constructive change within the trade.”
The twenty-fifth session of the UNWTO Basic Meeting was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from October 16 to twenty.
The session represented the primary meeting within the post-COVID-19 period, with the complete participation of roughly 159 member states.
The Basic Meeting serves because the supreme organ of the UNWTO and convenes as soon as each two years, with delegates representing full and affiliate members.
The discussions throughout the Basic Meeting embody a wide selection of matters, together with tourism’s function in sustainability, funding, competitiveness, training, and the way forward for tourism.
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