António Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, who took office on 1 January 2017.
Tourism is one of the largest economic sectors in the world.
It employs one in ten people on Earth and provides livelihoods for many millions more.
It stimulates economies and countries to prosper.
It allows other people to notice some of the cultural and herbal riches of the world and brings other people closer to others, showing our non-unusual humanity.
That is why it has been so painful to see how tourism has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the first five months of this year, tourist arrivals more than halved and some $320 billion in tourism exports were lost.
In total, a few million direct jobs in tourism are at risk.
Many are in the informal economy or in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, which employ a higher proportion of young people.
The crisis is a primary surprise for evolved economies, but for emerging countries it is an emergency, for many small island emerging states and African countries.
For women, rural communities, indigenous peoples and many other traditionally marginalized populations, tourism has been a vehicle for integration, empowerment and income generation.
Tourism is also a pillar for the conservation of herbal and cultural heritage.
Declining incomes have led to increased poaching and habitat destruction in and around the areas, and the closure of many World Heritage sites has put important livelihood communities at a disadvantage.
It is to rebuild the tourism sector.
But this will have to be done in a safe, fair and climate-friendly way.
Transport-related greenhouse fuel emissions can recover considerably if the recovery is aligned with climate objectives.
Supporting the millions of livelihoods that depend on tourism means creating a sustainable, guilty party that is safe for host communities, staff and readers.
To facilitate recovery, I have known areas of precedence.
First, mitigate the socio-economic effects of the crisis.
Secondly, the resilience of construction throughout the tourism chain.
Third, maximize the use of generation in the tourism sector.
Fourth, promote sustainability and growth.
And fifth, foster partnerships to enable tourism to exceed the Sustainable Development Goals.
Let us make tourism regain its position as a provider of decent jobs, solid income and the coverage of our cultural and herbal heritage.
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