UNWTO ICPT - Recommendations for the assistance to International Tourists in Emergency Situations
HOTREC has been invited to participate as an Observer in the UNWTO Committee for the development of an International Code for the Protection of Tourists (“ICPT Committee”). Hotrec took part in an initial ‘tour de table’ meeting on 26 November 2020 during which Observers were invited to present their organisation and initial views.
The mandate of the Committee is to draw from the work produced by the Organization - mainly the 2017 “draft Convention on the Protection of Tourists and on the Rights and Obligations of Tourism Service Providers” – and to develop a proposal for an International Code for the Protection of Tourists that includes minimum standards for the assistance to tourists in emergency situations and harmonizes consumer rights of tourists in the post-COVID-19 scenario.
The mandate of the ICPT Committee is to firstly review and deliberate on the “Recommendations for the assistance to International Tourists in Emergency Situations” with a view to potentially including them as a Chapter draft Convention.
Observers, including HOTREC, are requested to provide their detailed written suggestions and comments to the UNWTO Recommendations by 18 January 2021. HOTREC is therefore opening the floor to its Member Organisations for feedback on these Recommendations. Please provide your comments in writing to the HOTREC secretariat by email by 14 January 2021 EOB in order to ensure that they are conveyed to the UNWTO in due time.
In order to provide comments, please find below:
- HOTREC memo providing further background and analysis of the process and draft text of the Recommendation
- Annex 1: draft UNWTO Recommendations for the assistance to international tourists in emergency situations
- Annex 2: template table circulated to Observers to provide comments to the UNWTO. Please note that comments must consist of specific proposals to amend the text of the Recommendations and not of general remarks on their content or structure.