INTERNATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION

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• INTERNATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION
• Ljubica Kneevic Cvelbar

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References

• Planina in Mihalic, 2002.
• WebPages UNWTO, WTTC, AIEST, IATA
• WebPages Ministry for Economy, STO, NTA, TA of
  Slovenia ect.
• File KNE_internacional_TO

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• UNWTO

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UNWTO

• UNWTO (United Nation -World tourism organization)
  
• Inheritor of the IUOTPO established in Haag 1925.
  
• After the second world war renamed in IUOTO
  located in Geneva.
• The most important change in 2003 it becomes
  the specialized UN agency
• How can you find UNWTO?
• If you visit Madrid or at Webpage
• http//www.world-tourism.org/

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Why UNWTO?

• Need for coordination of the numerous actors in
  the international tourism market and need for
  stimulation of the collaboration between the
  countries in the field of tourism
• Increase the remove of tourism in the world
• Help and transfer of knowledge from less to more
  developed countries (Sustainable
  Tourism-Eliminating Poverty)

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Member(s)

• Countries members
• 150 member state Slovenia member from (1993)
• 7 counties associated members
• 2 countries observers
• Affiliate members (more than 300) gathered in
  three groups in regard to the filed of interest
• Business council
• Destination council
• Education council (UNWTO.TedQual Certification)

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Financing

• State members pay the membership in regrs to
  the tourism scope in their states
• 2000 annual membership for the affiliate
  members
• Building was financed by the Spanish government.

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Organs

• General Assembly Supreme Organ
• Regional Commissions Subsidiary Organs of the
  general assembly
• Executive Council
• 8 Specialized committees
• Secretariat (Madrid)
• Mr. Francesco Frangialli (France) Secretary
  general
• Approximately 90 employed.
• 5 official languages

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• WTTC

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Main activities

• Statistics
• Marketing
• Communications
• Publications

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• WTTC

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WTTC

• WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council)
  representing the private sector in all parts of
  the Travel Tourism industry worldwide.
• WTTC is the forum for global business leaders
  comprising the presidents, chairs and CEOs of 100
  of the world's foremost companies.
• Located in London.

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WTTC

• Mission
• To increase the awareness of the economic
  impacts of tourism and travel sector on the world
  economy.
• Functions
• To increase awareness of the local governments of
  the importance of tourism and travel sector on
  the economic policy and development.
• To promote the tourism growth in accordance to
  the sustainable tourism concept
• Work in the direction of reducing the obstacles
  for tourism development (visas etc.)

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WTTC

• Membership
• The member have to be assigned by WTTC!
• The membership is reserved only for CEOs!
• Benefits of the membership
• Network (regional conferences, lectures etc.).
  The most important event Annual General Meeting.
  
• Influence on the tourism policy in local,
  regional and global level.
• Participation on the forum organized by the
  partnership organizations (for example World
  Economic Forum).
• Access to the numerous database.

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WTTC

• Publication
• Blueprint for new Tourism
• TSA (Tourism Satellite Accounting world,
  regional and country reports)
• Competitiveness Monitor
• Corporate social leadership
• Regional report
• How can you found them?
• Webpage http//www.wttc.org

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• AIEST

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AIEST

• AIEST International association of scientific
  experts in tourism.
• 200 experts from all over the world.
• Established in 1949 in Switzerland first congers
  in Rome 1951.
• Annual congress.
• How can you find them?
• Webpage http//www.aiest.org

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AIEST

• Goals
• Foster friendly relations among its members.
• To promote scientific activity on the part of its
  members
• To support the activity of scientific institutes
  of tourism, or other centers of research and
  education specializing in tourism, and to develop
  relations between them
• To organize and to cooperate in congresses and
  other meetings and courses on tourism of a
  scientific nature.

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• IATA

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IATA

• IATA International Air Transport Association,
  founded in
• Havana Cuba, 1945
• Mission To represent, lead and serve the airline
  industry.
• Members 260 airlines companies from 136
  countries.
• Total world passengers - 2.02 billion in 2005
• Flights by IATA members represent 94 of worlds
  international
• scheduled traffic
• Goals
• To help airlines by simplifying processes and
  increasing passenger convenience while reducing
  costs and improving efficiency.
• To continually improve safety standards
• To minimize the impact of air transport on
  environment.

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IATA

• Benefits for different stakeholders
• Consumers - IATA simplifies the travel and
  shipping processes, while keeping costs down.
• Airlines companies IATA stimulate to operate
  safely, securely, efficiently and economically
  under clearly defined rules.
• Governments - IATA seeks to ensure they are well
  informed about the complexities of the aviation
  industry to ensure better, long-term decisions
• IATA serves as an intermediary between airlines
  and passenger as well as cargo agents.
• For all stakeholedrs Large network of industry
  suppliers and service providers. 

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• Tourism organizations in Slovenia

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Tourims in Slovenia
Direktorat za turizem
Ministry of Economy
STO
Chamber of commerce
Chamber of craft of Slovenia
TA of Slovenia
Private sector
Civil society
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Tourism organizations in Slovenia

• Ministry for Economy Directorate for Tourism
• Director general mag. Marjan Hribar
• Functions
• increasing Slovenia's reconcilability in the
  world market,
• increasing the number of overnights,
• higher foreign exchange inflows from tourism,
• promoting the investment cycle in tourism,
• increasing the role of knowledge and improving
  the educational profile of employees
• improving the spatial conditions for the
  development of tourism in areas that are
  strategically important for the development of
  tourism.
• How can you find them?
• Kotnikova 5 in Ljubljana or webpage
• http//www.mg.gov.si

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STO Slovenian Tourist Board

• STO (Slovenian Tourist Board).
• Director mag. Dimitrij Piciga
• Functions
• Planning and performing the promotion of Slovenia
  as a tourist destination
• Linking the existing products and programs of
  national importance and advancing the progress of
  new ones 
• Establishment of the integral tourist information
  infrastructure 
• Research and development
• How can you find them?
• Webpages http//www.slovenia-tourism.si

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TA of Slovenia

• TA (Tourist Association of Slovenia) is a
  national association, it is voluntary,
  nonprofits, and interest based, non-governmental
  and non-political.
• President dr. Marjan Roic
• Established 1905!
• Representing the interests of the civil society
  and it joining the interests of
• - more than 530 tourist societies,
• - 30 municipality and regional unions and other
  associations,
• - 75 information centers.
• How can you find them?
• Webpages http//www.turisticna-zveza.si/

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NTA National tourist Association

• NTA (National tourist Association)
• President Msc. Janez Sire
• Established 1993 as NGO
• Primary objective is stimulation of the tourism
  development as one of the strategic development
  opportunity for Slovenia.
• ORGANIZATION
• Collaboration between private sector, experts and
  organizations directly or indirectly connected
  with tourism.
• How can you find them?
• Webpages http//www.ntz-nta.si/

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Structure of the tourism organization Case of
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Structure of the tourism organization Case of
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Structure of the tourism organization Case of
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