The United States is making plans to rejoin the UN World Tourism Organization in a bid to create new jobs for Americans in the hospitality industry and highlight the range and quality of American travel destinations, White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff Emma Doyle told a United Nations conference on Monday

The Emirati candidate, Mohammed Khamis bin Hareb Al Muhairi, Ministry Under-Secretary and Advisor to the Minister of Economy for Tourism Affairs, won, for the second consecutive year, the chairmanship of the World Trade Organisation, UNWTO, Commission for the Middle East, for its new 2020-2021 term

About 2,000 delegates from different countries are expected to take part in the 23rd session of the General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which will be held in St. Petersburg in September, the office of city's Vice-Governor Oleg Markov said in a statement on Wednesday