Our colleague Lilia Popova from ABUJET was invited by the Minister of tourism of Tunisia Mrs. Amel Karboul and took part in the «Tunisia Awards», an event launched by the Tourism Ministry, under the high patronage of Mehdi JOMAA head of Tunisian Government.
For the first time in Tunisia, the Ministry of Tourism is organizing an exclusive event taking place on 27 September 2014 at the “Empire Studios” in Hammamet.
The Tunisia Awards’ aim is to promote the excellence and the Tunisian “avant gardism” as well as to encourage the local young talent in a sustainable way.
More than 300 national and international figures of culture, cinema, sport and business spheres as well as all of the tourism actors deployed efforts to promote destination Tunisia.
Beyond its positive impact on a vital pillar of Tunisia’s economy, “Tunisia... more
September 27 is Word Tourism Day (WTD), the day set asite in the United Nations calendar to celebrate tourism – a sector driving economic growth and development wordwide.
WTD 2014 is being celebrated under the theme Tourism and Community Development to raise awareness of how tourism can be an engine for community development, one of the building blocks of a more sustainable future for all.
WATCH the official WTD celebrations taking place live in Guadalajara, Mexico at http://wtd.unwto.org/content/livestream-wdt-2014
JOIN the #WRD2014 conversation on Tweeter and Facebook
LEARN MORE about the links between tourism and community development at http://www.wtd.unwto.org more
World Tourism Day (WTD) 2014, celebrated under the theme Tourism and Community Development, highlights the ability of tourism to empower people and provide them with skills to change their lives and that of their communities. WTD 2014 is a major opportunity to raise awareness of how tourism can be an engine for community development, one of the building blocks of a more sustainable future for all. The official WTD 2014 celebrations will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 27 September.
Message by Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General
“Tourism is a people-based economic activity built on social interaction, and as such can only prosper if it engages the local population by contributing to social values such... more
