Georgia elected to Executive Council of UNWTO for 4 years
Out of 35 member states of the executive board, 23 countries voted for Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has been elected to the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for four years, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
The election was held today at the 66th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe in Athens, Greece.
Georgian Ambassador to Greece David Dondua posted the news on his Twitter account:
Just happened! At the #66CEUAthens, #Georgia was elected to the Executive Council of the @UNWTO to represent European region. Thank you partners for your trust and support!@MFAgovge@DZalkaliani@tsiskarashvili@Economygovge@GenadiArveladze pic.twitter.com/sg4PIfJPDv
— David Dondua (@DavidDondua) June 3, 2021
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili posted on Twitter:
Great news on ????????' election as the member of the EC of the @UNWTO. Wonderful opportunity to engage in promotion of the global agenda for the development of sustainable tourism. ???????? has a huge potential in tourism sector that can positively contribute to the global community!
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) June 3, 2021
Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani posted on Twitter:
Happy 4 ???????? 2 become @UNWTO Executive Council member. It's a great opportunity 4 our country 2 get fully engaged in setting tourism strategies across t/???? & developing t/field in #BlackSea region & Eastern Europe. Congrats 2???????? & #UNWTO SG @pololikashvili on this huge achievement!
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) June 3, 2021
Out of 35 member states of the executive board, 23 countries voted for Georgia.
"Georgia will have the opportunity to be involved in setting the goals of the organisation and its further successful implementation, as well as to ensure its efficient and transparent functioning. Given its strategic location, Georgia will be able to protect the interests of both the Black Sea and Eastern European regions in terms of tourism development", says the ministry.