
The Investment Agency will hold the Moldova Tourism Forum-2021 on May 27-28.
The event was organized jointly with the strategic partners of the Investment Agency - USAID Moldova, Sweden and UKaid. The Forum is designed to connect online and ensure interaction between representatives of the tourism sector, as well as potential tourists who seek to find new tourist destinations. The forum will present case studies from international experience, best practices and regional tourism initiatives that can be adapted in Moldova, including for sustainable tourism development. According to the Investment Agency, the event will be attended by the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili, as well as the representative of the EU Commissioner for Transport and Tourism at the European Commission, Razvan Marc, journalists, bloggers and specialists from tourism and related areas. Tourism is one of the main pillars of global growth and development, accounting for 30% of world exports of services. This industry accounts for every tenth job in the world. During the pandemic, the industry was hit hard - tourist trips fell by more than 2/3. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2020, about 125 thousand Moldovan citizens applied to travel agencies to organize recreation both in the country and abroad, which is 67% lower than the same indicators of the previous year. A decline in the number of tourists and excursionists was registered for all types of tourism: in outbound tourism - by 76%, in inbound tourism - by 65%, in domestic tourism - by 7.1%. // 18.05.2021 — InfoMarket