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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) announced it is now accepting applications for Best Tourism Villages 2022.</span></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The Best Tourism Villages by the UNWTO initiative will return for a second year as it establishes itself as the world’s leading network focused on tourism for rural development.</span></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The effort recognizes outstanding examples of rural tourism destinations with recognized cultural and natural assets, that preserve and promote rural and community-based values, products, and lifestyles and have a clear commitment to innovation and sustainability in all its aspects – economic, social, and environmental.</span></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In 2021 over 40 villages from more than 30 countries across the five world regions (from over 170 applications) were recognized as Best Tourism Villages. A further 20 villages were selected to participate in the Upgrade Programme.</span></span></div> <p align="justify"> </p></p>
It is a body comprising companies such as Amazon, Apple, Booking.com, Expedia Group, Google, GoTo, Grab, LINE, LinkedIn, Meta, Rakuten, X and Yahoo.