AM NEWS VOL. 34 SEP 2021

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• 14 Sep 21
• N PAG. 18

The bulletin of UNWTO’s Affiliate Members from the tourism sector

Dear Affiliate Members,

I am pleased to share with you the Vol. 34 of our AM News Bulletin.

After the summer break, we are now preparing for some very exciting months in which several important events and projects implemented by the Affiliate Members Department will take place.

I refer in particular to the launch and presentation of the Global Report on Cultural Affinity and Screen Tourism, that will be organized within the framework of the Iberoseries Platino Industry in Madrid the 1st of October. The report is the result of the close collaboration developed in the last months between our department and Netflix and its launch will be followed by a Panel of Experts to further explore the topics discussed in the report.

Furthermore, we are making good progress in the organization of the World Sports Tourism Congress, one of the main events organized by our department in collaboration with the Catalan Tourism Board on 25-26 November. Last month the official webpage of the event was launched and shortly we will open the registry for all the Affiliate Members and other organizations who want to participate.

Even more importantly, I would like to remind you that the final dates of the 24th UNWTO General Assembly, that will be held in Marrakech, were announced. The most important statutory event of the UNWTO will take place on 30 November – 3 December. Within the framework of the GA, our department will make its best efforts to organize a successful Plenary Session of the Affiliate Members. In addition to that, the text of the new Legal Framework of the UNWTO Affiliate Membership, as approved by the Working Group for the Reform (WG-AMLR), will be presented for approval during the GA.

As you can see, many relevant activities will soon take place, and I hope to count with the support and participation of all of you.

As always, I am at your disposal and look forward to hearing any comments you might have.

Yours sincerely,
Ion Vilcu

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AM NEWS VOL. 33 JUL 2021

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• 20 Jul 21
• N PAG. 15

The bulletin of UNWTO’s Affiliate Members from the tourism sector

Dear Affiliate Members,

I am pleased to share with you the Vol. 33 of our AM News Bulletin.

In the last month we made great progress on several activities that were included in the
Programme of Work for 2021.

I refer in particular to the process of reform of the legal framework of the affiliate membership,
which is part of our efforts to provide better services to the Affiliate Members by building up a
better-defined structure of our procedures and management system. In the last meeting of the
WG-AMLR held in June the last package of articles was approved by its members and in July the
final text of the Legal Framework of the UNWTO Affiliate Membership will be approved.

Furthermore, we continue developing the activities of our Working Groups. The WG on Scientific
Tourism continues to make great steps in the organization of the 1st International Conference
on Astrotourism that will take place in Evora (Portugal) from 8-11 of September, and the WG on
SDGs support is now discussing proposals for joint cooperation among the members, including
an Online course on Tourism and SDGs.

We are also working on the organization of two important events with our partners: the Platino
Awards Gala “17 Awards, 17 SDGs”, in collaboration with EGEDA, that will be held in Madrid from
27 September – 2 October, and the World Sports Tourism Congress with the Catalan Tourism
Board, that will be celebrated in Lloret de Mar the 25-26 of November.

Even more importantly, we are already preparing our participation in the UNWTO 24th General
Assembly, that will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, between the end of November and the
beginning of December. This is the most important statutory meeting of our Organization,
and we will make our best efforts to organize a successful Plenary Session of the Affiliate Members,
along with guaranteeing the highest visibility to our activities and participation of our members.

Lastly, with aim of adding value to the membership and supporting our Affiliate Members, we
organized the first webinar on how to maximize the use of our interactive platform AMConnected.
This was one of the main requests by our Affiliate Members highlighted in the survey that was
launched in April.

As always, I am at your disposal and look forward to hearing any comments you might have.

Yours sincerely,

Ion Vilcu

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AM NEWS VOL. 32 JUN 2021

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• 22 Jun 21
• N PAG. 15

The bulletin of UNWTO’s Affiliate Members from the tourism sector

Dear Affiliate Members,

I am pleased to share with you the Vol. 32 of our AM News Bulletin.

May has been the month of FITUR, the Madrid International Tourism Fair. Despite the challenges posed by the crisis, the organization of this big in-person event sent a clear message: the tourism sector is ready to restart.

At the UNWTO Affiliate Members Department we tried to make our participation as consistent as possible, by organizing several activities such as the Expert Meeting on Accessible Tourism, the Affiliate Members Corner, and the Panel of Experts on Screen Tourism in collaboration with Netflix. I am very proud of the level of participation and interest showed towards these events and I take this opportunity to thank all the organizations which supported us.

Now it is time to focus on the implementation of all the other projects and initiatives included in our Programme of Work. As you know, we are making great progress in the process of reform of the legal framework of the Affiliate Members, which is a priority as it will enable us to provide better services and add value to the membership.

Furthermore, we continue developing the activities of our Working Groups. In particular, I refer to the WG on Accessible Tourism, whose main outcome, the publication “Accessibility and Inclusive Tourism Development in Nature Areas” is now available in the UNWTO E-Library, and the WG on Scientific Tourism, which is advancing towards the organization of the 1st International Conference on Astrotourism that will take place in Evora (Portugal) from 8-11 of September.

We are also finalizing a global report on Screen Tourism and Cultural Affinity in collaboration with Netflix, as part of our commitment towards the priority line of action Tourism and Audiovisual industry. It will be soon available in our E-Library.

Lastly, we are working on the organization of two important events: the Platino Awards Gala “17 Awards, 17 SDGs”, in collaboration with EGEDA, that will be held in Madrid from 27 September – 2 October, and the World Sports Tourism Congress with the Catalan Tourism Board, that will be celebrated in Lloret de Mar the 25-26 of November.

In this respect, I would like to encourage you to visit our AMConnected platform regularly to find the latest updates and information on these and other activities of the Affiliate Members Department. As always, I am at your disposal and look forward to hearing any comments you might have.

Yours sincerely,
Ion Vilcu

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AM NEWS | FITUR 2021 Highlights

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• 8 Jun 21
• N PAG. 13

Dear Affiliate Members,

I am pleased to share with you this special edition of our AM News bulletin, highlighting the main activities organized by our department at FITUR.

This edition of the fair was very unique, given the current circumstances and the challenges that our sector is facing. However, the tourism sector demonstrated more than once its resilience and capacity to recover from adverse situations, and FITUR sent an unequivocal message that we are ready to do it again by restarting our normal activities such as the organization of these big in-person events.

Our main goal is to strengthen our relationships with our Affiliate Members and we work to offer you opportunities for networking and platforms to increase the visibility of your activities, to respond to your expectations and needs.

Furthermore, as you know our department organized several events and provided spaces to the Affiliate Members to showcase their projects and initiatives, such as the Expert Meeting on Accessible Tourism and the AM Corner. I am very proud of the outcomes, the level of participation and the support we received from many of you, despite the challenging context.

We have met at FITUR 2021 in a very difficult context for our sector, but we are looking to the future with hope and optimism. It is important and timely to highlight that tourism is a very cross-cutting sector and that it has repeatedly demonstrated its amazing capacity for rapid recovery after difficult times, as has been seen in the last crisis in 2008 -2009.

I am convinced that this edition of FITUR represents the turning point for our sector, as it showed to all of us that we have the capabilities to restart our normal activities. I would like to reiterate that from the Affiliate Members Department we will continue working to support you in your efforts towards the recovery and you can always count on us.

From the UNWTO and especially from Affiliate Members Department, I would like to express you all our congratulations for the great work you are carrying out and for the commitment to modernizing and adapting tourism sector to the new challenges.

We will continue to focus on all the other projects that we included in the Programme of Work 2021 and in the organization of all the events that we are planning for this year.

As always, I am at your disposal and look forward to hearing any comments you might have.

Yours sincerely,
Ion Vilcu

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AM NEWS | Special FITUR 2021

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• 5 May 21
• N PAG. 21

Dear Affiliate Members,

I am pleased to share with you our AM News bulletin Vol.30, which features special content dedicated to FITUR 2021 – the International Tourism Fair of Madrid – to be held from the 19th to the 23rd of May.

At the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), we are actively promoting and supporting the progressive resumption of face-to-face events, in due compliance with the protocols and measures established by the national authorities. From this perspective, we see FITUR 2021 as an important milestone in the roadmap for the progressive and sustainable restart of the sector.

I truly believe that, within the new and hopeful context marked by the advance in the vaccination against COVID-19, FITUR 2021 will be the first great international mobility event in Europe this year.

It is my pleasure to extend a cordial invite to participate in FITUR 2021 to our Affiliate Members. This 2021 edition will focus on the recovery of tourism, and it will offer a wide variety of spaces and activities aimed at showing the future trends in the sector.

The UNWTO Affiliate Members Department (AMD) and the host of the IFEMA/FITUR Fair, an UNWTO Affiliate Member, have jointly prepared a special package for all Affiliate Members participating at the Fair, which includes a series of advantages and benefits, as well as activities specially dedicated to our Membership. You can read all about it in this issue of the bulletin.

We will continue the work to complete and reinforce this package of benefits designed for our affiliates and to keep you updated on the activities at the Fair, with the conviction that this will facilitate a significant presence of our Affiliate Members at FITUR 2021.

In this respect, I would like to encourage you to visit our AMConnected platform regularly to find the latest updates and information on these and other activities of the Affiliate Members Department. Also, please keep engaging and sharing your news and initiatives with us on the platform.

As always, I am at your disposal and look forward to hearing any comments you might have.

Yours sincerely,
Ion Vilcu

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