Pololikashvili aspires to a third mandate in UN Tourism with the sector as a “prosperity engine”

South-South Cooperation Advances at 2nd UN Tourism Africa and Americas Summit

By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS | 10 April 2025 (IDN) — The two-day Second UN Tourism Africa & The Americas Summit, which concluded on 10 April in Livingstone, Zambia, has outlined concrete plans for achieving shared goals, focused on innovation, Technical Cooperation, enhanced connectivity, tourism investments and tourist confidence through security. According to UN Tourism, both regions have bounced back from the impacts of the pandemic: in 2024…

The current secretary general of UN Tourism, Zurab Pololikashvili, is basing his candidacy for re-election with the intention of continuing to be committed to tourism as a “driver of prosperity” and international cooperation. With this candidacy, Pololikashvili aspires to achieve his third term after “achieving the recovery of the sector after the devastating effects of the pandemic”, according to a statement. For everything, he wants the organi…