1st meeting of the UNWTO Tourism Resilience Committee

1st meeting of the UNWTO Tourism Resilience Committee
Tourism can play a key role in stimulus programmes : Madrid, 28 January 2009

• Tourism, alongside other economic sectors, is feeling the impacts of the deterioration of the global economy.
• First meeting of the UNWTO Tourism Resilience Committee held in Madrid.
• A unique opportunity to assess the volatile economic situation and its impact on tourism, and discuss response and policy recommendations.
• Tourism may play a chief role in stimulus programmes, including infrastructure programmes, due to its immense capacity to create jobs and its recovery potential.