UNWTO outlines 2022: year of rethinking tourism

02-01-23

2022 was the year to rethink tourism. Countries around the world translated the World Tourism Organization's (UNWTO) vision of a greener, smarter and more inclusive sector into real action.

"2020 made clear the importance of tourism for sustainable development. 2021 laid the foundations for the transformation of the sector. In 2022, we have achieved it," says the world's leading tourism authority, UNWTO.

January

2022 started on a positive note. UNWTO data showed that tourism was taking off cautiously and needed a rethink. The UN amplified UNWTO's global claim of tourism's role in recovery. The UNWTO collaborated with other agencies such as the WHO, for example, to jointly warn that "blanket travel restrictions do not work.