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World Tourism Day

Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov: Statement on World Tourism Day 27 September 2017 VIENNA, 27 September (UN Information Service) – Tourism’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the theme of this year’s World Tourism Day. The day offers a welcome opportunity to highlight tourism as a …

In advance of World Tourism Day, ICAO and major aviation groups launch new joint report on economic benefits of air transport

  Montréal, 25 September 2017 – Aviation is essential to the economic development of cities, countries and regions everywhere, but governments can only optimize its benefits by addressing the sector’s critical infrastructure and resource needs in their national development strategies. That’s one of the key messages being conveyed jointly by ICAO and international aviation’s most …