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Destinations worldwide received 641 million international visitors between January and June – more than forecast by the UNWTO.

It’s the United Nations’ World Tourism Day, marked every September 27, with this year’s theme being ‘Tourism and the Digital Transformation’.

NZ tourism is generating spending above the proportion of its visitors but it still lags behind Australia.

International tourist arrivals have outstripped forecasts in the first four months of the year with numbers up by 6%.

The Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili’s opening address of the 2018 edition of the ITB Berlin travel trade show.

International tourist arrivals grew by a remarkable 7% in 2017 to reach a total of 1,322 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.

Destinations around the world welcomed 1.13 billion international tourists between January and October 2017, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announces the winners of the UNWTO Ulysses Prize and the UNWTO Ethics Award.

International tourist arrivals topped 901 million for the eight months to August 2017, 56 million more than the same period last year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s latest World Tourism Barometer.

Tourism is today the 3rd largest export industry in the world after chemicals and fuels.

Destinations worldwide welcomed 598m international tourists in the first six months of 2017, some 36m more than in the same period of 2016.

The ‘Travel.Enjoy.Respect’ campaign wants to engage tourists in making the sector a catalyst for positive change. 

International tourist arrivals hit 1.24bn in 2016, marking the seventh consecutive year of sustained growth in international tourism according to the UNWTO.

International tourist arrivals worldwide grew by 6% to 369m in January-April 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to the UNWTO.

Food tourism offers enormous potential in stimulating world economies according to a new paper from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.

The University of Waikato has joined The United Nations’ prestigious international network of sustainable tourism observatories.

Tourism can transform our world and build better understanding in a world living a deficit of tolerance, says UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai says In his address at the opening ceremony of ITB Berlin 2017.

International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.