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World Tourism Organization www.unwto.org. Specialized UN agency in the field of tourism Global forum for tourism policy issues Practical source of tourism know-how. WTO Main Facts. Headquarters, Madrid, Spain History back to 1925 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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World Tourism OrganizationWorld Tourism Organizationwww.unwto.orgwww.unwto.org
• Specialized UN agency in the field of tourism
• Global forum for tourism policy issues
• Practical source of tourism know-how
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WTO Main FactsWTO Main Facts
• Headquarters, Madrid, Spain
• History back to 1925• 1947 International Union
of Official Travel Organizations, London
• Became WTO in 1975• Staff of some 90• Became on 23
December 2003 specialized agency of the UN
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The MembersThe Members
Full Members• Right to vote and service• Pay contribution based on economic
strength and importance of tourismAssociate members
• Normally regions within member States• Right to service• Pay smaller contributions
Affiliate Members• Associations, companies, NGOs reflecting
the wide variety of the tourism sector
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Areas of activityAreas of activity
• Sustainable Tourism Development• Poverty Alleviation• Indicators, Ecotourism, Planning
• Statistics and Economic Measurement of Tourism• Tourism Satellite Account• Compendium, Yearbook
• Quality of Tourism Development• Signs&Symbols, Hygiene, Safety&Security• Liberalization, GATS
• Market Intelligence and Promotion• Measurement of Promotional Activities of NTOs• Market Trends, Forecasting
• Human Resources Development• Education&Training Standards• Educating the Educators
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Economies of Scale and ScopeEconomies of Scale and Scope
• Data aggregation: Yearbook, Compendium
• Market research: Tourism Market Trends, Ecotourism Series, Outbound Tourism Series
• Short term forecasting: Tourism Barometer
• Long term forecasting: Tourism Vision 2020
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Agenda SettingAgenda Setting
• Sustainable Tourism Development• Child Abuse and Sex Tourism• Tourism Taxation• Senior Tourism• Social Tourism
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DisseminationDissemination
• Speaking at conferences
• Using the Press• Internet, other
channels• Publications
10 %20 %20 %50 %
Importance
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Dissemination of InformationDissemination of Information
• Publications are the final result of WTO’s General Programme of Work
• WTO produces some 100 publications per Year
• Normally some 50% in English, 25% in French and 25% in Spanish
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At WTO’s Printing AreaAt WTO’s Printing Area
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The WTOelibrary – cross-searchable The WTOelibrary – cross-searchable portal of UNWTO-publications.portal of UNWTO-publications.
July,1 2007 – enhanced version will be July,1 2007 – enhanced version will be launchedlaunched
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The new WTO elibraryThe new WTO elibrary
• The WTO elibrary – a fully cross-searchable portal of all UNWTO-publications.
• July,1 2007 – enhanced version will be launched
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Annual subscription serviceAnnual subscription service
• Annual subscription service• Network Campus wide Access • Simultaneous user-based price model
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