Madrid, Spain, 12 July 2023 - This week will bring tourism back to the United Nations headquarters to emphasize the sector's unique position to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Reflecting the unprecedented relevance of tourism on the UN agenda, UNWTO together with the Ministry of Tourism and Sport, Republic of Croatia and support from Ministry of Tourism, India, Chair of the G20 Tourism Working Group will gather leaders from the public and private sectors for a high level roundtable at the official side event on "Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability in Tourism" which will be held on Friday 14 July within the framework of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
Inspiring and Guiding Action
The high-level event will further advance UNWTO's work in making tourism a key pillar of sustainable development, most notably through enhanced public-private partnerships. In New York, UNWTO together with partners will:
- Provide a better understanding of the SDGs from the perspective of tourism and inspire further action among both government and private sector stakeholders.
- Present the Goa Roadmap for Tourism as a Vehicle for Achieving the SDGs developed under India's G20 Presidency.
- Raise awareness about a crucial development that is mobilizing the power of data by forging a global consensus for harmonized data on the economic, social and environmental performance of tourism at international, national and destination levels: the forthcoming Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST).
- Outline the benefits that private sector can bring to, and draw from, the development of harmonized Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Framework for Tourism Businesses.
