touris

UN agency urges media to encourage tourists’ return to tsunami-hit countries

14 December 2005
The United Nations tourism agency has once again called on the world’s media to help promote a resurgence of the industry in the Indian Ocean countries devastated by last year’s tsunami by informing the public on the progress made such as refurbished hotels, new tourism products and safety improvements.

UN tourism agency changes its acronym to avoid confusion with trade body

1 December 2005
A decade of terminological overlap came to an end today when the United Nations World Tourism Organization, previously known as the WTO, added the letters UN to its acronym to differentiate it from the World Trade Organization.