Dear friends,
I write to you as I begin my final year as UNWTO Secretary-General, a position I have been privileged to hold for almost seven years at an Agency I have been proud to serve for the past decade.
During this time I have seen tourism become one of the world’s most important and impactful socio-economic sectors of our times. I have seen its growing relevance to the lives of millions around the world, to the preservation of our common values and to greater understanding among people of all walks of life.
I have seen increasing commitment from the international community, with many countries realizing the potential for tourism to become a pillar of their development. This commitment is attested to by the inclusion of tourism in the universal 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon by 193 nations in 2015.
And now I am very privileged and grateful to be... more
TRAKART built, exhibited and preserved priceless cultural heritage in “Archeological” underpass in Plovdiv – Roman floor mosaics dated ІI c – III c AD.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EIPHNH, LATE ANTIQUITY is cultural monument of national and world significance. The peristyle residential building with floor mosaics is situated in the representative centre of the late-antiquity town of Philippopolis – at the foot of the Antique Theater and near the Bishop’s basilica. The complex spreads over an area of about 1600 sq m, but so far only its southern half has been explored, where the discovered premises are divided into two parts (representative and business) and are exhibited in the Cultural Center – Museum Trakart. The rooms in the southwest part were used for household and business purposes – lots of household ceramics was found there. The... more
A world congress which brought the leaders of about 100 news agencies from five continents to Azerbaijan's capital Baku elected Maxim Minchev to the post of Secretary General of the News Agencies World Council (NACO). Minchev is replacing Uffe Riis Sorensen, a Danish official who has held the post for 13 years. The President of NACO is Clive Marshall, CEO of Britain's Press Association.
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova sent a messages to participants of the 5th News Agencies World Congress.This is the third major distinction for BTA Director General Maxim Minchev this year. In early September he was elected President of the Association of Balkan News Agencies - Southeast Europe, and President of the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies.The Baku meeting also decided that the next News Agencies World... more
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