The Republic of Equatorial Guinea was elected to the
Executive Board of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) at the
22nd session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism
Organization (WTO) in China.
Equatorial Guinea was nominated and elected to the Executive
Board, along with Cape Verde, Namibia, the Republic of Congo, Sudan, and
Zimbabwe.
The Director General for Tourism Promotion and other
delegates from the Ministry of Tourism of Equatorial Guinea attended the
session, which focused on the ethical code for tourism into an international
convention, as well as the influence of technology on the tourism sector.
The session, which included more than 1300 delegates from
130 countries around the world, was held from 11 to 16 September in Chengdu,
China.
