{"id":1039,"date":"2023-09-27T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:43:13","slug":"the-secretary-generalmessage-for-world-tourism-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"THE SECRETARY-GENERALMESSAGE FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNITED NATIONS<br>SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<br>MESSAGE FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY<br>\u201cTourism and green investment\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism is a powerful force for progress and mutual understanding. But in order to deliver its full benefits, this force must be protected and nurtured.&nbsp;<br>Today, the climate emergency is threatening many travel destinations and the very survival of communities and economies that depend on tourism. And many developing countries that are severely affected by a changing climate are also facing a growing investment deficit and a cost-of-living crisis.<br>On this World Tourism Day, we recognize the vital need for green investments to build a tourism sector that delivers for people and planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governments and businesses must invest in sustainable and resilient tourism practices. Private actors must adopt zero-emission pathways, lower their energy consumption and leverage renewable forms of energy. And everyone must protect the biodiversity and ecological balance of all destinations.<br>Targeted investments can deliver jobs and support local businesses and industries while mitigating the environmental impacts of tourism, empowering communities, promoting their cultures, and contributing to essential social protection systems.\u00a0\u00a0<br>So let us all do more to harness the full potential of sustainable tourism. Because investing in sustainable tourism is investing in a better future for all.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20221228_065215.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1468\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONSSECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE THE SECRETARY-GENERALMESSAGE FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY\u201cTourism and green investment\u201d Tourism is a powerful force for progress and mutual understanding. But in order to deliver its full benefits,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}