Georgia supported by UNWTO Commission for Europe to host 2024 World Tourism Day - Tourism Administration
The issue was discussed within a meeting of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organisation in Uzbekistan on Tuesday. Photo: Georgian National Tourism Administration/Facebook
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Thirty-eight countries of the Commission for Europe of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation have supported hosting next year’s World Tourism Day in Georgia, with heads of tourism organisations set to feature at the event, the Georgian National Tourism Organisation said on Tuesday.
The issue was discussed within a meeting of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organisation in Uzbekistan on Tuesday.
Photo via the Georgian National Tourism Administration's Facebook
Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Deputy Economy Minister of Georgia, Maia Omiadze, the Head of the GNTA and Tamar Koriauli, the First Deputy Head of the GNTA, were present at the event.
The Samarkand meeting also reviewed topics including 2024-2025 plans of the Organisation, creation of UNWTO regional and thematic offices, and sustainable tourism development initiatives.
The World Tourism Day has been hosted annually on September 27 since 1980 to raise awareness on the role of the industry within the international community.
Maia Omiadze, the Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, on Friday said the country would host representatives from over 100 international companies at m&i Forum, an event for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism industry next year.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Friday informed participants of the Forum of Tourism Leaders, hosted as part of the World Tourism Day in Saudi Arabia, about Georgia’s preparations to host next year’s edition in its capital.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said it was “no coincidence” that the main theme of next year’s World Tourism Day - set to be celebrated in Georgia - would be “Peace and Tourism”.
Thirty-eight countries of the Commission for Europe of the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation have chosen Georgia as the host country for next year’s World Tourism Day, with the selection made at their 68th meeting on Thursday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili praised the news as “another great recognition of our country”.
The Georgian authorities’ preparations for hosting the World Tourism Day and the FIS Ski Cross World Cup series were highlighted by Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Friday in her briefing of travel agencies, associations and Foreign Ministry officials on initiatives ongoing in the domestic tourism sector.