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