The General Secretary of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), Taleb Rifai, said that Spain is in the "right direction" with changes in tourism, although it is a "model set", while he has highlighted the "biggest interest" to Fitur.
Speaking at the Europe Forum, organized by New Economy Forum in Madrid, Rifai said that tourism in Spain "focuses increasingly on people and the tangible and intangible cultural assets" which mimics "increasingly" the rest of the world.
Taleb Rifai
Rifai has assessed that Spain "has been able to face the major challenge of seasonality" to what they have created institutions and operations, that "run along the whole year, instead of 45 or 90 days a year".
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Likewise, the General Secretary of UNWTO has referred, to the International Tourism Fair of Madrid (FITUR), to be held from January 28 to February 1 in Madrid, and each year produces an "bigger interest" in the sector, which Rifai has exemplified, referring to the informal meeting, organized by the WTO, to attend this year 45 ministers, from around the world, compared to 26, last year.
The WTO has indicated that it hopes for "more serious efforts to connect Europe by train", within the EU, as it is a means of transport, that would expand freedom of movement of people, between member countries.
In addition, Rifai said that a challenge, for 2015, is the regulation of so-called collaborative services, that are "creating a problem", by putting, into a question, to some operators.
Also, he referred to the rise of the Internet, the development of sustainable and universally accessible tourism, as other challenges of 2015.
Asked about the growth of medical tourism, Rifai have preferred the term “wellness tourism”, as it helps to make the visitor feel better, with a complete package, and he has avoided ruling, on how to combat this type of visits involve a cost to the coffers of the recipient country.
Otherwise, since the WTO has been assessed positively the decrease, in oil prices, for airlines, as lowers costs and this influences the prices of travel, but otherwise has suggested that it reduces the purchasing power of residents, in oil producing countries, which also affects tourism.
Regarding the evolution of the sector, Rifai has advanced 1,100 million tourists, in 2014, brushed worldwide, a figure confirmed, during the next edition of Fitur, and has also been worth the increase, in young traveler and visits, to developing countries, which continue to grow this year.
Well, I hope that you are one of themany million tourists, who will visit Spain on this year.
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