ETW Staff– Mumbai
The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have formed a strategic partnership to further support and advance the youth, student and educational travel market, worth US$ 182 billion in 2013.
The Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed by David Chapman, director general, WYSE Travel Confederation and Taleb Rifai, secretary-general, UNWTO during the 98th Session of the UNWTO Executive Council in Santiago de Compostela, Spain last month.
As part of the signed agreement, the two parties will be working together to build awareness and proactively implement a number of projects across different aspects of the rapidly growing youth, student and educational travel sector.
Chapman, said, “WYSE Travel Confederation has worked closely with the UNWTO for many years. I was honoured to sign our first MoU, which signifies the next step in our relationship and will see us cooperating on a range projects to support best practice and drive this growing market.”
