Turisme de Barcelona Joins the World Travel & Tourism Council

Turisme de Barcelona has become a partner destination at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the institution that represents the worldwide travel trade and tourism private sector and it works to promote the sector development ensuring the sustainable growth in coordination with governmental entities, destinations and other relevant industry agents.

Release time : 2021-02-26 09:45:00

source : Turisme de Barcelona

influence and also to be the voice companies and entities of the most important destinations in the world”.

Gloria Guevara Manzo, Chairwoman and WTTC CEO, has welcomed Turisme de Barcelona, and she stated that it can count on WTTC’s help to strength the travel and tourism sector in the company and, at the same time, it will be able to help in the recovery against the pandemic.

Turisme de Barcelona collaborates with the WTTC since the beginning of last November, after the agreement to manage in Barcelona the Safe Travels stamp which recognises the standardized safe travel protocols and the security measures against the Covid-19, pretending as well to inspire and to help travellers feel safe and confident again with destinations, in order to accelerate the recovery of the industry due to the Covid-19. As of today, there are more than 200 approved destinations and thousands of companies that have been recognized with this stamp. In Barcelona city, in just two months, more than 150 companies have been registered and the number increases day by day.

The WTTC has been the first international institution to launch the first worldwide security stamp, and it entails a worldwide recognition for the Barcelona establishments that want to offer a security guarantee which is, by the way, very important for all the professionals and tourism agents to ensure the implementation of the security measures and protocols against the pandemic.

WTTC works to promote the sustainable and inclusive development of the tourism industry, in collaboration with governments, destinations, communities and other agents of the sector. Its main goal is to point out the value of the economic and the social potential of tourism as a generator of economy development and job positions but also as an element that allows to reduce disparities as well as to promote safety and the global understanding. There are members such as: tourism destinations, hotel industry, airlines, airports