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MINISTER FOR TOURISM MICHAEL REFALO INVITED BY THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION TO SIT ON A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE
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20/11/2001
20/11/2001
| Minister for Tourism Michael Refalo was invited by the World Tourism | Organisation to sit on a Committee specifically established to deal with the effects on world tourism following the 11th September terrorist attack on the United States. The Committee is composed of Ministers for Tourism, public officials, leisure industry and airline bodies, and private sector representatives. |
| In the first session of the Committee’s meeting | Minister Refalo was invited to comment on the post 11th September situation from a Mediterranean standpoint. He was asked to conclude the Second Session when consensus was reached on a number of suggestions made by the Minister, among which that the Committee should not be referred to as a "Crisis Committee" but as the "Committee for the Recovery of the Tourist Industry." |
| It was agreed that the crisis was global but that | recovery should be managed on a local (regional) basis. The WTO’s analysis of the situation shows that some destinations are more affected than others as are some types of tourism. Specific actions were therefore needed to fit different situations. Travel reservations world wide currently stand at 12% to 15% below 2000 levels and it was confirmed that the global economy was weakening even before the 11th September. The hardest hit destinations were ones dependent on long haul flights, places heavily reliant on US visitors and countries in the Muslim world. |
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