Travel & Tourism: WTTC Statement on Anti-Tourism Protests

WTTC

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC): Travel & Tourism brings significant economic benefits, not just for large travel corporations, but for local businesses and small companies that supply them. 
 
The sector creates employment and revenue from international and domestic visitors.
 
It should not be blamed for wider issues like housing shortages, which often have complex, deep-rooted causes beyond the sector’s influence.
 
Travel & Tourism generates substantial tax revenues. Governments must engage with communities to ensure these funds are reinvested to meet local needs like improved infrastructure.
 
WTTC supports responsible Travel & Tourism that benefits people and works with governments to help achieve it.

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Paul Lo

Paul is the publisher of Red Bird Travel News, from Hong Kong, now living in Shanghai, and has worked at South China Morning Post, Apple Daily, Shanghai Daily, and Global Times.