Azerbaijan's Baku To Host Meeting Of UN Regional Commission For Tourism In Europe
Date
1/24/2025 5:07:25 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 24. The Azerbaijani
delegation headed by Chairman of the State tourism Agency Fuad
Naghiyev visited Spain within the framework of the international
tourism exhibition“FITUR” in Madrid, Trend reports.
In the course of the visit, Fuad Naghiyev and UN
Secretary-General for Tourism Zurab Pololikashvili signed an
agreement on holding the 71st meeting of the UN Regional Commission
for Tourism in Europe in Azerbaijan on June 4-6, 2025, at the
organization's headquarters in Madrid.
The meeting also discussed Azerbaijan's candidacy for membership
of the UN Executive Council on Tourism for 2025-2029, joint
activities within the Glasgow Declaration on Tourism Day at COP29,
an initiative to expand cooperation in the field of tourism
education with the organization, as well as Azerbaijan's
application for the nomination“Best Tourism Village” of the UN
World Tourism Organization.
Fuad Naghiyev met with Spain's Minister of Industry and Tourism
Jordi Hereu Boher during the visit.
Naghiyev informed about Azerbaijan's representation by national
stands at the exhibitions“FITUR” and“IBTM World” held in Spain to
promote the country's tourism in the European market and the
development of ties with Spain within the framework of
international organizations and invited Jordi Hereu Boher to the
71st meeting of the UN Regional Commission for Tourism Europe to be
held in Baku.
In turn, noting the prospects of cooperation between the two
countries in tourism, Jordi Hereu emphasized the importance of
further development of ties and an increase in mutual tourist
visits.
Furthermore, Fuad Naghiyev met with Brazil's Tourism Minister
Celso Sabino, Andorra's Tourism and Commerce Minister Jordi Torres
Falcó, as well as Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Republic
of Uzbekistan Umid Shadiev within the framework of the FITUR
exhibition in the Azerbaijani pavilion and held discussions on
existing tourism ties with the respective countries.
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