Throught history timeline

  • Tourism

    An opportunity for many people. Heal war wounds and built peace between nations.
  • The Haya

    First international congress of tourism organizations.
  • From The Haya to Genova

    The Union moved from The Haya to Geneva.
    Tourism: central pillar of global diplomacy and recovery after 26 M.
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    UNWTO

    The congress evolved into the International Union of Organizations Tourism Officials, laying the foundations of the OMT.
  • 50s

    Five main destinations received 70% of all tourists. (United States, Canada, Italy, France, Switzerland).
  • International arrivals

    The number f International arrivals increases 25 million.
  • Year of International tourism

    ONU declares it (1967) Year of International tourism, under the theme "Tourism passport for peace).
  • 60s

    The market sahre less than 50%.
  • International arrivals

    The number of International arrivals grows 166 million.
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    OMT-WTO-BTO

  • OMT

    The OMT establishes itself in Madrid to lead a sector that promotes international solidarity as walls come down.
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    UNWTO

  • United Nations

    United Nations general assembly approved the transformation of the OMT into a specialized agency of the ONU
  • UNWTO

    The new nomenclature was launched in English UNWTO.
  • OMT

    More than 1 billion of international arrivals. The OMT guaranted that the sector was in the center part of the conversation.
  • The power of tourism

    The power of tourism to build a better future for people and the planet, increased with the ONU celebration of the International year of tourism sustainable for development 1,3 billion international tourists.
  • UNWTO

    World Tourism Organization.
  • International tourists

    Record of 1,5 billion of international tourists.
  • ONU response

    Pandemic COVID-19.
    Tourism, the most important mainstay from the ONU response.
  • Tourism Reboot

    For people, planet and shared prosperity.