SPOTLIGHT ON UNWTO ELIBRARY

Authors

Dr.S. NirubaSethukumari, Assistant Librarian Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 014.Follow
Dr.A. Thirumagal, Librarian Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli - 627 012, Tamilnadu, India
Dr.M. Mani, Librarian, Einstein College of Arts and Science, (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University) Sir C.V.Raman Nagar, Seethaparpanallur, Tirunelveli - 627012, Tamil Nadu.Follow

Date of this Version

2021

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number of destinations.(Lew, Hall, & Williams, 2004) This paper analyses the origin and features of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) like building a consortium and its UNWTO elibrary facilities like its publications which includes, ebooks, e journals, World Tourism barometers and dashboards. In addition to 500 free documents on current tourism trends, large number of publications on the impact of Covid 19 on global tourism is also available in the website.