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1: WTO = World Tourism Organization
WTO
or World Trade Organization is one of the organizations of UN (United Nations).
They have a role to support a relationship between citizens and private
organizations, support a relationship between countries and people who visit,
and protect a useful relationship between industrial and citizens.
In
short, WTO is an organization which has an objective to support international
traveling. In the past, it was called International Union of Tourist Publicity
Organization since 1925, and it developed to be “WTO” in the present. They have
members more than 480 around the world.
They
have 6 missions as below:
1. To provide corporate for development
2. To provide knowledge and training
3. Environment and planning
4. Statistic and market research
5. Quality in traveling service
6. To be a coordinator and provide information
And
these are 5 structures of WTO:
General
Assembly
The
General Assembly is the principal gathering of the World Tourism Organization.
It meets every two years to approve the budget and program of work and to
debate topics of vital importance to the tourism sector. Every four years it
elects a Secretary-General. The General Assembly is composed of Full Members
and Associate Members. Affiliate Members and representatives of other
international organizations participate as observers. The World Committee on
Tourism Ethics is a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly.
Regional
Commissions
UNWTO
has six regional commissions-Africa, the Americas, East Asia and the Pacific,
Europe, the Middle East and South Asia. The commissions meet at least once a
year and are composed of all the Full Members and Associate Members from that
region. Affiliate Members from the region participate as observers.
Executive
Council
The
Executive Council is UNWTO's governing board, responsible for ensuring that the
Organization carries out its work and adheres to its budget. It meets at least
twice a year and is composed by Members elected by the General Assembly in a
ratio of one for every five Full Members. As host country of UNWTO's
Headquarters, Spain has a permanent seat on the Executive Council.
Representatives of the Associate Members and Affiliate Members participate in
Executive Council meetings as observers.
Committees
Specialized
committees of UNWTO Members advise on management and program content. These
include: the Program Committee, the
Committee on Budget and Finance, the Committee on Statistics and the Tourism
Satellite Account, the Committee on Market and Competitiveness, the Sustainable
Development of Tourism Committee, the World Committee on Tourism Ethics, the
Committee on Poverty Reduction and the Committee for the Review of applications
for Affiliate Membership.
Secretariat
The
Secretariat is led by Secretary-General Taleb Rifai of Jordan, who supervises
about 110 full-time staff at UNWTO's Madrid Headquarters. These officials are
responsible for implementing UNWTO's program of work and serving the needs of
Members. The Affiliate Members are supported by a full-time Executive Director
at the Madrid Headquarters. The Secretariat also includes a regional support
office for Asia-Pacific in Osaka, Japan, financed by the Japanese Government.
The official languages of UNWTO are Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian
and Spanish.
