The UN World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Tourism Resilience Committee (TRC) is a platform for information and best practice sharing regarding the current economic downturn and its impact on the tourism sector.

The TRC’s first meeting, which convened on 28 January 2009, in Madrid, Spain, resulted in agreement on the need for: cooperation among tourism stakeholders; improved data collection and analysis; and alignment of the industry’s response to the economic crisis with its response to climate change.
The Committee held its second meeting on 13 March 2009, in Berlin, Germany at the ITB Travel Trade Show. Participants at this meeting discussed: the impact of the economic situation on tourism, including on the airline industry; the public and private response to the crisis; and the role of the sector in the green economy and in addressing poverty and climate change.
Links to further information
UNWTO press release, 5 March 2009
TRC website
Meeting agenda of the TRC
UNWTO Press Release on UNWTO Secretary General’s Remarks, 11 March 2009