Our Mission
Consistent with its policy since its inception, WTO strives to ensure that its Members fully benefit from the transfer of technology generated by the regional activities, enhancing the quality and efficiency of development assistance.

The Regional Representation for the Americas also pays particular attention to the specific needs of the National Tourism Administrations, local authorities and tourism enterprises in the region, conducting seminars and conferences on topics of interest to the tourism industry, including courses on tourism human resource development.

Technical Cooperation
Technical cooperation programmes form an important part of WTO's activities in the Americas region in the field of tourism. They are usually of long duration and aim to assist Governments in acquiring technical know-how in the formulation of tourism policies and strategies in planning, product development, marketing and human resource development.

The projects are based on a policy of sustainability and focus on tourism master planning at all levels, establishment of tourism training institutes, preparation of marketing programmes, strengthening the role of parliaments in shaping tourism policies, building national capacities for project management and the economic measurement of the tourism through the development of the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA).

Sectoral Support Missions
These missions are of shorter duration and are carried out at the request of one country or groups of countries to identify, evaluate and describe specific technical assistance needs and provide policy advice. They usually result in direct WTO recommendation reports to Members or in formulating further project proposals for funding by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) or other bilateral or multilateral financing sources.

CAM and seminars

La Antigua and Guatemala City, Guatemala 15 May 19
64th meeting of the Regional Commission for the Americas
International Seminar on Destination Management - New Challenges, New Solutions

12 and 13 April in Asunción (Paraguay)
International Seminar on Women’s Empowerment in the Tourism Sector
63rd meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas

CAM Decisions

9 October 2011, Gyeongju, Repbulic of Korea:
62nd UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas

San Salvador, El Salvador - Roatán, Honduras. 29 May -02 June 2017:
International Seminar on New Technologies Applied to Tourism

Havana, Cuba on 3 and 4 May 2016:
60th UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas
International Seminar on Tourism and Culture

Medellin (Colombia), 12 September 2015:
59th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 21 May 2015:
58th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas
International Seminar: Multidestination Opportunities for Regional Integration

25 June 2014 Cartagena de Indias Colombia:
57th UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas
International Forum on Sustainable Development of Tourism and Innovation

24 August 2013 Livingstone Zambia:
56th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

14 May 2013 San Jose Costa Rica:
55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas
Technical Seminar on Tourism and New Technologies

11 September 2012 Quito Ecuador:
54th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas
II International Congress on Ethics and Tourism

9 October 2011 Gyeongju Republic of Korea:
19th UNWTO General Assembly and 53rd CAM Meeting

9 October 2011, Gyeongju, Repbulic of Korea:
52nd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas
Technical Seminar on Tourism Investments in the Americas
MINUTES OF THE FIFTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE UNWTO COMMISSION FOR THE AMERICAS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON TOURISM INVESTMENTS IN THE AMERICAS

17 May 2011, Asunción, Paraguay: 51st Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

6 June 2010, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina: 50th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

2 October 2009, Astana, Kazakhstan: 49th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

29 April 2009, Mendoza, Argentina: 48th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

13 September 2008, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico: 47th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

26 November 2007, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia: 46th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

22 June 2007, San Salvador, El Salvador: 45th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

4 May 2006, Montevideo, Uruguay: 44th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

26 November 2005, Dakar, Senegal: 43rd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas (part 1/3 - part 2/3 - part 3/3)

26 May 2005, Santiago, Chile: 42nd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas (part 1/2 - part 2/2)

25 June 2004, Madrid, Spain: 41st Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

18 October 2003, Beijing, China: 40th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

14 May 2003, Asunción, Paraguay: 39th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

30 May 2002, Quito and Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: 38th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

2001, Seoul, Korea: 37th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas (part 1/2 - part 2/2)

15 May 2001, Oaxaca, Mexico: 36th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

29 May 2000, San José, Costa Rica: 35th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

25 September 1999, Santiago, Chile: 34th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

23 June 1999, Salvador de Bahía, Brazil: 33rd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

26 September 1998, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: 32nd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

29 May 1998, Guayaquil, Ecuador: 31st Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

18 October 1997, Istanbul, Turkey: 30th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

7 May 1997, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina: 29th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

19 June 1996, Havana, Cuba: 28th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

16 October 1995, Cairo, Egypt: 27th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

23 May 1995, Buenos Aires, Argentina: 26th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

17 May 1994, San Salvador, El Salvador: 25th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

2 October 1993, Bali, Indonesia: 24th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

26 January 1993, Madrid, Spain: 23rd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

28 September 1991, Buenos Aires, Argentina: 22nd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

21 June 1991, Ottawa, Canada: 21st Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

23 June 1990 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 20th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

26 August 1989, Paris, France: 19th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

23 June 1989, Havana Cuba: 18th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

14 October 1988, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 17th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

22 September 1987, Madrid, Spain: 16th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

19 May 1987, Madrid, Spain: 15th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

19 September 1985, Sofia, Bulgaria: 14th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

12 July 1985, Santiago, Chile:13th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

14 June 1984, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 12th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

3 October 1983, New Delhi, India: 11th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

1 July 1983, Buenos Aires, Argentina: 10th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

15 July 1982, Kingston, Jamaica: 9th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

September 1981, Rome, Italy: 8th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

3 April 1981, Panama, Panama: 7th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

June 1980, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 6th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

24 September 1979, Torremolinos, Spain: 5th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

February 1979, Havana, Cuba: 4th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

15 September 1978, Buenos Aires, Argentina: 3rd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

16 September 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2nd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

31 May 1977, Torremolinos, Spain: 1st Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas

22 April 1977, Caracas, Venezuela

Declarations

2017 JAMAICA
2015 HAITI, PORT-AU-PRINCE DECLARATION International Seminar “Multidestination Opportunities for Regional Integration”
2014 BAHAMAS, NASSAU DECLARATION ON TOURISM AS A KEY SECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAND STATES

Conferences

UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and Accessibility
Segundo Tourism Tech Adventures para las Américas (EdTech)
UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure:Scaling Up
2nd Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs)
UNWTO Tourism Tech Adventure for the Americas