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Kenyan Digest

Kenya Bids To Host 2021 UNWTO General Assembly Meeting

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Kenya is bidding to host the 24th edition of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly in 2021; when the congregation of the UNWTO members meets for its bi-annual, 23rd session this week in St Petersburg, Russia.

Through the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya will be looking at leveraging its vast past experience in hosting top global events which include the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit; the 10th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference; the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development; and, more recently, the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference and the 4th Session of the UN Environment Assembly.

Kenya’s Tourism CS Najib Balala

On average, over 1,000 delegates from over 130 member countries of the UNWTO, attend the five-day bi-annual meeting.