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The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday highlighted the urgent need to boost sustainable and resilient tourism practices to protect the environment while continuing to benefit local economies. more
Bhutan slashes daily tourist fee by half to attract more visitors

The Bhutanese government has announced its decision to reduce sustainable development fees for dollar-paying tourists in an attempt to revive the tourism sector in the Himalayan nation.

UN urges investment in clean, sustainable tourism, as numbers bounce back

New York: International tourism is showing strong signs of recovery, with tourist numbers rising to 57 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. On World Tourism Day, marked on Tuesday, the UN is ...

UN meets to help reverse ‘precipitous drop’ in tourism

New York: As part of the “long journey” to recover from the ravages of COVID-19, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid highlighted on Wednesday the need to build a more ...

‘Time to rethink, transform, and safely restart tourism’, says UN chief

Tourism “touches almost every part of our economies and societies”, enabling the historically marginalized, and “those at risk of being left behind, to benefit from deve ...

Beijing receives more than 4.6 mln tourists during May Day holiday

Beijing/Xinhua: Beijing received more than 4.6 million tourists during the five-day May Day holiday which ended Tuesday, according to Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.