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What is tourism?
It is empowerment. Sustainability. Rural development. Entrepreneurship. Education. Culture and heritage.
This #WorldTourismDay, we celebrate the many ways tourism creates a positive impact around the world.🌍
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Day 2 of the 4th World Sports Tourism Congress is underway in Mexico City! 🇲🇽🌎
Leaders from tourism, sport, government and the private sector are back to explore how sport can create lasting value.
🔴 Starting at 9:30 Mexico City time / 17:30 CEST
🔗youtube.com/live/Gn44C91a6Go
🔴 Room 2
Starting at 11:30 Mexico City time / 19:30 CEST
Follow additional panels and discussions here:
🔗 youtube.com/live/ImOEsGdh9Z4
Full programme & more information:
🔗 untourism.int/events/4th-wor…
Join us for another day shaping the future of sports tourism.
#WSTC26
We are live from Mexico City for the 4th World Sports Tourism Congress! 🇲🇽🌎
If you work across tourism, sport, government or the private sector, this is a conversation you will not want to miss.
🔴10:00 Mexico City time / 18:00 CEST
🔗 youtube.com/live/jPQGkreVMo0
🔴 Room 2
Follow additional panels and conversations taking place throughout the Congress:
🔗 youtube.com/live/5OFtiaaWm40
For the full programme and more information:
🔗 untourism.int/events/4th-wor…
Join us live and be part of the global conversation on the future of sports tourism.
📣 Save the date!
In collaboration with UN Tourism, Armenia brings the Global Conference on Medical Tourism to Yerevan.
🗓️ 21–23 September
If you work in tourism, healthcare, investment or patient care, this is where you need to be.
Register now ➡️🔗 events.armenia.travel/
Less than one week left for the 4th World Sports Tourism Congress!
Meet some of the speakers from across the world of sport joining us in Mexico City - from the Olympic movement and international football to sailing and motorsport.
🔗 untourism.int/events/4th-wor…
📣One month until tourism’s biggest day.
AI is already changing the way we discover, plan and experience travel.
The real question is: where does it take tourism next?
On 27 September, that conversation goes global in El Salvador.
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On World Humanitarian Day, we honour those who stand with communities when they need it most. In times of crisis, tourism has a responsibility to protect livelihoods, support recovery and help rebuild opportunity, confidence and hope. #WorldHumanitarianDay
We’re hiring! 📣
New opportunity at UN Tourism. 💻🌍
1️⃣Communications Coordination Intern
Department: Communications Department
Reference: UNWTO/HHRR/CFE/13/COMM/2026
📍 Madrid, Spain
🗓 Deadline: 28 August 2026
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4️⃣Website & Digital Communications Intern
Department: Communications Department
Reference: UNWTO/HHRR/CFE/16/COMM/2026
📍 Madrid, Spain
🗓 Deadline: 28 August 2026
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5️⃣ Graphic Design & Visual Communications Intern
Department: Communications Department
Reference: UNWTO/HHRR/CFE/17/COMM/2026
📍 Madrid, Spain
🗓 Deadline: 28 August 2026
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Lebanon leaves a mark on you. 🇱🇧
Its people, creativity, heritage and warmth stay with you.
This visit showed the resilience, confidence and pride of a country that continues to look forward, even through challenging times and the role tourism can play in its next chapter
Today, the skies are making history. 🌒☀️
The Iberian Peninsula will witness its first total solar eclipse in 114 years, visible across Spain, Portugal, Iceland and Greenland.
A powerful moment for #Astrotourism. 🔭
📘 Guide: e-unwto.org/doi/10.18111/978…
Only 30 days to go! ⏳
In just one month, key stakeholders will gather in Mexico City for the 4th World Sports Tourism Congress to explore how sporting events can create lasting tourism, economic and social legacies.
Learn more and register
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#WSTC2026
We’re hiring! 📣
New opportunity at UN Tourism. 💻🌍
1️⃣Senior Administrative Services Specialist
Department: Regional Office for the Americas and Office of the Secretary-General
📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
🗓 Deadline: 05 August 2026
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2️⃣Senior IT Operations Specialist (Website Maintenance Support)
Department: Information and Communication Technologies
📍 Madrid, Spain
🗓 Deadline: 12 August 2026
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📢 Calling private sector voices in tourism!
Hotels, tour operators, restaurants, F&B suppliers, food banks, circular solutions providers and business associations: share your views in UN Tourism’s Food for Good Survey.
🗓 Deadline: 20 August
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