TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS

• SINCE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY IS A DIVERSE INDUSTRY MADE

UP MANY DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, THERE IS A NEED TO
INTERRELATE AND SHARE INFORMATION. THIS HAS LED TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF SEVERAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
ORGANIZATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, REGIONAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS.
* INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

• International Union of Official Travel Organization (IUOTO)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
• World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)
• Development Organization (DO)
* UNITED NATIONS WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION (UNWTO)

• The UNWTO is the chief international organization in the field of travel and tourism.
It is an intergovernmental technical body which deals with all aspects of tourism. It
began it’s legal existence on January 2, 1975.
• In October 2003, the WTO became an established agency of the United Nations and
thus, the name was changed to UNWTO. This is the only organization whose
activities cover all sectors of tourism on a worldwide basis. It provides an
international forum where tourism officials, whether in the government or not, can
discuss problems and exchange ideas. Membership is open to representatives of the
private sector.
• The UNWTO works in cooperation with all international organizations, particularly
the united nations, as well as with commercial and noncommercial bodies involved
in the tourism.
• The UNWTO has created a number of regional commission such as; the regional
commission for tourism in Europe, the regional travel commission for the Americans,
African travel commission, and others.
• The UNWTO has the same legal character as the united nations and its specialized agencies.

• The UNWTO has three important legally functioning bodies:

1. General Assembly- which meets once every two years, and it is the supreme organ of the
UNWTO.
2. Executive council- which meets at least twice a year, and composed of members elected by
the assembly for a four years term base on the Fir and equitable geographical distribution.
The function of the council is to implement decision of the assembly and prepare the future
session.
3. Secretariat- headed by the secretary general, carries out the decisions of the general
assembly and the executive council. The secretary general is elected every four years by the
general assembly on the recommendation of the executive council.
MEMBERSHIP:
1. Full Members- full members are the sovereign states.
2. Associate members- a territories or groups of territories not responsible for
their external relations, but whose membership is approved by the state
which assumes responsibility for their external relations.
3. Affiliate members- are international bodies, both governmental and
nongovernmental, concerned with specialized interest in tourism, as well as
commercial and noncommercial bodies, and associations whose activities
are related to the aims of UNWTO.
• The primary aim of the UNWTO is to promote and develop tourism and to contribute to the economic
development, international understanding, peace, prosperity, and universal aspects of human rights, and
fundamental freedoms to all without distinction as to race, sex, language, religion. To pursue this aim, the
UNWTO pays particular attention to the interest of developing countries.

• Objectives of the UNWTO that needs to accomplish;

1. Monitors and identifies trends in world tourism.
2. Studies travel demands, marketing trends, tourist motivation, and alternative approaches to marketing.
3. Surveys the environmental effects of travel growths and makes recommendations for the protection of the
natural and cultural resources.
4. Provide services for developing and organizing tourism for countries.
5. Serve as a clearing house for tourist information.
6. Informs members about tourism and hospitality development.
7. Conducts vocational training programs.
8. Works for the elimination and reduction of governmental measures for international travel and
standardization of requirements. This includes passports, visas, police registration, and frontier
formalities.
9. Assist and develops technical cooperation projects.
10. Works to standardize equipment, terms, phraseology, and signs as an aid to easier travel and
understanding the foreign visitors.
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF UNWTO
1. International travel statistics
2. Travel abroad-frontier formalities
3. Economic review if world tourism
4. Technical bulletins
5. Manuals
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (ICAO)
• The ICAO is an organization of around 134 governments establishments for
the propose of promoting a civil aviation on a worldwide scale. It was
established In Chicago conference of 1944.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ICAO
1. Adapt international standards and recommended practice fro regulating air navigation.
2. Recommended installation of navigation facilities by member countries.
3. Set forth proposals for the reduction of customs and immigration formalities.
4. Plan for safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation throughout the world.
5. Encourage the improvement of the art of aircraft design and operation for peaceful purpose.
6. Seek the development of airways, airports, and air navigation facilities for international civil aviation.
7. Provide for safe, regular, efficient, and economical air transportation.
8. Discourage unreasonable competition.
9. Ensure that the rights of contracting countries are fully respected, and that every member has a fair
opportunity to operate international airlines.
10. Discourage discrimination between contracting countries.
11. Promote the development of all aspects of air transportation.
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA)

• The IATA was established in 1945 in Havana. Their objectives are to promote
safe, regular, and economical air transport, faster air commerce, and study
problems connected with the industry. IATA serve as the agency which
through airlines seek jointly to solve problems that cannot be solved
individually. Although settings rates us the most significant aspects of the
work IATA, the final responsibility rests with individual government. In
IATA, every member airline holds a single vote and also holds veto power.
With the deregulation, the status and function of the organization is changing
and only time will tell its final role which certainly will be less influential
than in the past.
WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURISM COUNCIL
(WTTC)
• The WTTC is the only global forum whose member are the top decision makers in the travel and
tourism industry. It is the only body representing the private sectors in all part of the industry
worldwide.
• WTTC drives on three strategic priorities which it has identified as hindering the successful
development of travel tourism now and in the future.
1. Freedom to travel
2. Policies for growth
3. Tourism for tomorrow
• This organization is headed by a board of executive directors who guide the work of the council
the fulfillment of its mission. The WTTC is a non profit organization, registered as a company in
the united kingdom limited by guarantee.
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS (DO)
• The development organizations are the following:
- The world bank (US)
- OPEC fund for international development (Austria)
- Asian development bank (Philippines)
- Islamic development Bank (Saudi Arabia)
 REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• The Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECO).

• Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
• Caribbean Tourism Association (CTA)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Organizations of American state (OAS)
• South American Tourism Association (SATO)
• European Travel Commission (ETC)
• Common Market Travel Association (CMTA)
THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
• The OECD was set up on a convention signed on Paris on December 14,
1960. it provide the OECD shall promote policies designed to achieve the
highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard
of living in member countries, while maintaining the financial stability and
contributing to the development of the world economy; to contribute to
economic expansion in economically developing nonmember countries; and
to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral,
nondiscriminatory basis in accordance with international obligations.
• The members of the OECD are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• Tourism is an integral part of its objectives. Recognizing this, the OECD
established a tourism committee responsible fro coordinating studies,
organizing meetings of member countries to improve statistical methods of
monetary exchange and accounting, and assessing the policies of member
countries and their impact to tourism.
PACIFIC ASIA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION (PATA)
• The PATA was recognized in Hawaii. It is composed of more than 1,000 organizations,
including governments, air and steamships and etc. its purpose is to develop, promote and
facilitate travel in the pacific area (including Pakistan, united states, and Canada).
• The following is the list some of PATA’s publications;
1. Pacific travel news.
2. Annual statistical report
3. Travel market study
4. Meetings pacific (a country to country facilities guide)
5. PATA trade manual
6. Tourism international research pacific (quarterly)
CARIBBEAN TOURISM ASSOCIATION (CTA)
• The CTA was founded in 1951 to encourage and assist in the development of tourism throughout the Caribbean area.
• It objectives are to;
1. Provide an instrument for close collaboration among various territories and countries concerned

2. Augment and assist local promotional and development efforts of the members of association and act as liaison between the
members.

3. Provide a liaison among the member governments, government active in tourism industry

4. Carry out advertising and publicity measures calculated to focus the attention of the traveling public upon the Caribbean as one
of the worlds outstanding areas

5. Encourage the promotion of adequate passenger transportation services to and within the Caribbean area and assist in the
establishment of such services. The promotion and development of inter-Caribbean is also a particular concern of the
association.

6. Carry out statistical and research work relating to travel trends and tourism development for the benefits of the members.

7. Negotiate with governments either directly or through the appropriate bodies for an easing of regulations and formalities which
tend to be barrier of tourism travel.a
ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
(APEC)
• Another organization which focuses on tourism and which recently achieved official status
as international governmental organization is the APEC. It represents 15 countries, namely,
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, japan, Korea, Malaysia, new Zealand,
people’s republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and united states.
• The purpose of APEC is to establish coordination of national economies for the benefit of
the countries in the Asia pacific region as a whole. The specific goals are to sustain the
growth and development of capital and technology on keeping with the principles of the
General Agreements of Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
• APES has 10 working groups including Tourism, telecommunications and transportation, .
The other groups include human resource development, marine resources, energy, trade
promotion, trade and investment data, investments and technology transfer, and fisheries.
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS)
• The main objective of the organization of American states is to strengthen
relations between AS by providing advisory services and training programs
in many fields including tourism. Thus, OAS conduct a number of travel
studies and tourism development programs.
• Other regional travel associations includes; SATO, ETC, CMTA, all of which
have been established to coordinate tourist activities among and within
member countries.
ROLES OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON TOURISM
• The government plays an important role in formulating policies to guide
tourism development and promotion in line wither national economic and
social objectives. The WTO manila declaration provides the basic foundation
and guidelines that help the government in defining their tourism role.
Goverments can play a decisive role in the following areas.
1. Planning
2. Employment training
3. Coordinating public and private sectors.
NATIONAL TOURISM OFFICE (NTO)
• The NTO is responsible for the promotion of the tourism in a particular
country and for the overall development of the tourist industry.
- example: united states travel and tourism administration and the department
of tourism in the Philippines.
• The US travel tourism admin is the national tourism office in the united
states. Its main objective is to promote and develop tourism and within the
united states and to promote a better and friendlier attitude towards the united
states.
THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• The DOT is the primary government agency charge with the responsibility to
encourage, promote, and develop tourism as a major socioeconomic society, to
generate foreign currency and employment.
• The 15 regional offices of the DOT are responsible for domestic tourism promotion,
tourism marketing accreditation, tourism assistance, public relations, and
coordination with local government units and tourism stockholders in the region.
• There are five attached agencies that help the DOT in the performance of its
functions. These are the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority
(TIEZA), Tourism Promotion Board (TPB), Intramuros Administration (IA), National
Parks Development Committee (NPDC), and the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF).
TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENTERPRISE ZONE
AUTHORITY
• Formerly known as PTA or Philippine Tourism Authority, is a corporate body
tasked to designate, regulate, and supervise the TEZ, as well as develop, manage,
and supervise tourism infrastructure projects in the country, with the primary
objective of encouraging investments in TEZs. TEZ is an area specifically
defined or organized as a tourism area, zone or spot under any special or general
law, decree or presidential issuance. The TIEZA is the principal agency
responsible for timely collection of travel taxes, 50% of which shall accrue to it
while 40% goes to the commission on Higher education (CHED) provided that
the priority is given tourism related educational programs and courses and the
remaining 10% share is for the national commission for culture and the arts.
MANDATE
• The TIEZA shall be a body corporate which shall designate, regulate, and supervise the
TEZs established under R.A No. 9593, as well as dedevelop, manage, and supervise
tourism infrastructure projects in the country. It shall supervise and regulate the cultural,
economic, and environmentally sustainable development of TEZs toward the primary
objective of encouraging investments therein. It shall ensure strict compliance of the TEZ
operator with the approved development plan. The TIEZA shall have the power to impose
penalties for failure or refusal of the tourism enterprises to comply with the approved
development plan, which shall also be considered a violation of the term of accreditation.
• In addition to its mandate to regulate and supervise TEZs, the TIEZA shall likewise be
deemed a government infrastructure corporation under the Administrative code of 1987
(Executive order No. 292).
GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTION OF THE TIEZA BOARD
• The TIEZA shall have the general powers of the corporation as provided under the corporation Code.
Furthermore, it shall have the following powers:
1. Organize the TIEZA in a manner most efficient and economical for the conduct of its business and the
implementation of its mandates
2. Develop policies, plans, programs in connection with the department fro the development and operation of
TEZs, and adapt the rules and regulations necessary for thee implementation of the provision of this law.
3. Enter into, make, perform, and carry out contracts of every class, kind,, and discerption which are
necessary or incidental to the realization of its purposes with any person, firm, or corporation, private or
public, and conditions prescribe by law, and regulations.
4. Contract loans indebtedness and credit, issue commercial papers and bonds, in any local convertible
currency from international financial institution, foreign government entities, and local or foreign private
commercial banks or similar institutions under such terms and conditions prescribed by law, rules, and
regulations.
5. Execute any deed of guarantee, mortgage, pledge, trust, or assignment of any property for the purpose of financing
the programs or projects deemed vital for the early attainment of its goals and objectives, subject to the provision of
the constitution.
6. construct, own or lease, operate, and maintain infrastructure facilities or enter into joint ventures, and grant
franchises for, and supervise the operation of public utilities within the TEZs in coordination with LGU’s and
agencies concerned.
7. undertake, or authorize undertaking of, reclamation projects within TEZs.
8. preserve, restore, or reconstruct all national cultural treasures and shrines located within TEZs, in coordination
with the national museum and other concerned agencies.
9. Received donations, grants, requests, and assistance of all kinds from local and foreign governments and private
sectors and utilize the same
10. Exercise eminent domain and police power, including, but not limited to, the power to recommend to the
department the removal of structures which maybe considered nuisances per s or which impede or impair the
enjoyment of historical, cultural, and natural endowments
11. Coordinate with LGUs and other government agencies for the provision of basic services, utilities, and
infrastructure required by ETZs.
12. Review and approve proposals for the designation of TEZs based on the
criteria provided herein, and approve, facilitate, and assist in the organization
of TEZs operation.
13. Regulate and supervise the operations of TEZ operators, review and ensure
compliance with the development plans, and stablish and implement other
policies, plans, and programs for the development and operation of TEZs
14. register, monitor, and regulate enterprises seeking to invest and operate
with a TEZs, and approve and grant incentives to such registered enterprises as
provided under R.A No. 9593.