Encourage Tourismworld Travel And Tourism Council Puerto Rico

To provide some guidance the world travel and tourism council wttc has issued standardized safety protocols to help countries across the globe welcome travelers safely back to their shores and to help travelers understand the safest places to travel.

Plano tourism. Wttc works to raise awareness of travel tourism as one of the worlds largest economic sectors supporting one in 10 jobs 319 million worldwide. In this context and acknowledging the current geopolitical tensions terrorism threats and the risk of pandemics the global agenda council on the future of travel tourism will take forward the work it developed on smart travel in 2014. Discover puerto rico the islands first ever and new destination marketing organization today announced that island will serve as the host for the world travel tourism council 2020 global summit following the formal announcement made by wttc at todays closing ceremony of the 2019 summit in seville spain.

It is the first of its kind for new york in puerto rico and the first taste ny store outside of new york. It is one of the worlds largest industries or economic sectors contributing trillions of dollars annually to the global economy creating jobs. Representing the global private sector of travel tourism the global summit.

But in puerto rico this hasnt been the case both hurricane and global perception. In addition in september governor cuomo and speaker heastie proposed a 5 million joint tourism campaign to encourage travel between new york and puerto rico. Travel tourism is a truly global economic activity one which takes place in destinations across the world from leading capital cities and smaller towns and villages in rural and coastal areas to some of the remotest points on the planet.

It is critical to envision what it will take to sustain travel growth in excess of gdp year over year. Puerto rico tourism company stated today that the first edition of the international tourism expo puerto rico was a definite success. World travel tourism council.

Research from the world travel and tourism council indicates that the amount of time travelers avoid a destination can be longer after a natural disaster up to 24 months than after a terrorist attack 13 months or public health event 21 months. The world travel tourism council wttc has unveiled its latest set of measures focused on reopening adventure tourism. On june 19 the wttc released its safe travel.

Puerto rico adds negative covid 19 travel requirement. Funding for the new office came from empire state development. The updated safety measures and protocols have been designed to rebuild global consumer confidence reduce risk and encourage the return of adventure tourism especially as travelers seek more unique experiences following extensive coronavirus quarantines.

The world travel tourism council wttc represents the travel tourism sector globally.