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In a freewheeling conversation with Sandra Carvao, Chief of Market Intelligence and Competitiveness at UNWTO, she shares more about the Best Tourism Villages initiative of UNWTO and how it is impacting our global villages.
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China is aiming to promote the development of rural tourism, Xinhua reports, with increased investment and policy support aimed at alleviating rural poverty. A total of CNY550 billion (US$81bn) will be pumped into the sector in 2017, according to an action plan released this week by Beijing’s National Development and Reform Commission and other government
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Airbnb has signed a new agreement with the World Bank Group, through which the two organisations plan to boost rural economies in developing countries through tourism. A memorandum of understanding will examine the ways in which emerging destinations can use new technology and platforms such as Airbnb to create economic opportunities for communities. Airbnb and
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