UNWTO, the G20 Indonesian Presidency and the G20 Tourism Working Group have collaborated over the past year to deliver the G20 Guidelines on Strengthening MSMEs and Communities as Agents of Transformation in Tourism on the occasion of the G20 Tourism Ministers Meeting in Bali.
The Guidelines provide guidance for key policies that can create resilient and sustainable MSMEs and communities spanning five key pillars. They also draw up over 40 cases studies from G20 members and guest countries focused on the promotion of MSMEs and communities.
Addressing the G20 Tourism Ministers Meeting, Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General said: “Our sector has now recovered almost 60% of pre-pandemic levels. However, we are falling behind in our efforts to reach the climate action goals of the Paris Agreement. We are also behind in progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals”.
“Tourism can help us get back on track. But we need to speed up. And we need to scale up. MSMEs and communities, the backbone of our sector, need strong support to be agents a people-centered transformation” he added.
Sandiaga Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, said “I am truly delighted that the G20 Tourism Working Group is able to adopt the G20 Bali Guidelines. The Guidelines embody a number of policy best practices in the five main lines of actions. These lines of action are essential to put the holistic well-being of our people at the heart of tourism recovery.
“We do not wish for tourism to just simply rebound, we need it to be better in serving the needs of our communities by creating good jobs, empowering the marginalized and safeguarding our planet, which our guidelines aim for. I earnestly applaud UNWTO as the key institutional partner of our G20 presidency for steadfastly working together with us to continuously improve the Guidelines”, Mr. Uno added.
