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21 May 2013 Registration Now Open - 6th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism
2 May 2013 3rd UNWTO Silk Road Task Force Meeting - Baku, Azerbaijan
25 April 2013 The 3rd Silk Road Task Force Meeting defines future Silk Road Action Plan
Delegates from over 15 countries and representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations, gathered around the 3rd meeting of the Task Force of the Silk Road Task Force (22-23 April, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan).
24 April 2013 Encouraging Travel Facilitation and Connectivity in Asia Pacific
Travel facilitation, connectivity and the sustainable development of the tourism sector were at the center of UNWTO’s 25th annual statutory meeting for Asia and the Pacific and its adjoining conference on sustainable tourism in Hyderabad, India from the 12-14 April.
20 March 2013 EHL/UNWTO Silk Road Strategy Challenge 2012: Students' strategies
15 March 2013 Speakers' presentations of the Silk Road Tour Operators' Forum are now available
15 March 2013 Winners' names of the Silk Road Bloggers Challenge released
11 March 2013 UNESCO joins UNWTO to advance Silk Road tourism development
The development of a ‘Silk Road Heritage Corridors’ tourism strategy for Central Asia and China is among the main outcomes of the 3rd UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Meeting held at ITB Travel Trade Show. (Berlin, Germany 6 March 2013).
28 February 2013 UNWTO activities at ITB 2013
UNWTO events at ITB Travel Trade Show 2013 include the 3rd Silk Road Ministers’ meeting and a meeting of the World Tourism Network on Child Protection, as well as the first UNWTO meeting exclusively dedicated to “Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage”, among others (Berlin, Germany, 6-10 March, 2013).
28 January 2013 Conclusions from the UNWTO Silk Road Ministers' Meeting at ITB Berlin 2013