Peter Semone

Peter Semone

Peter Semone

Peter Semone is Chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation (PATA), and Team Lead­er, Strategist and Insti­tu­tion­al Spe­cial­ist at the United Nations World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO).

‘Where responsibility meets opportunity’ is where tourism faces its threats

October 4, 2023

‘Where responsibility meets opportunity’ is where tourism faces its threats ... keynote by PATA Chair Peter Semone

Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation (PATA) Chair Peter Semone delivered an impas­sioned key­note address, Octo­ber 4, on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2023 in New Del­hi, India. This “Good Tour­ism” Insight ver­sion was pub­lished with Mr Semone’s bless­ing. “GT” is attend­ing PATA Travel Mart at the kind invit­a­tion of PATA and thanks to the gen­er­os­ity of […]

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What is destination human capital? It’s the people!

September 1, 2017

Don't forget destination HUMAN capital development!

Peter Semone would advise any incom­ing tour­ism min­is­ter to focus on their des­tin­a­tion’s people as a pri­or­ity.  In this “GT” Insight, Mr Semone sum­mar­ises the chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies for des­tin­a­tion human cap­it­al devel­op­ment and its poten­tial con­tri­bu­tion to the sus­tain­able devel­op­ment goals (SDGs) and to tour­ism industry per­form­ance more gen­er­ally. In 2016, I con­cluded my […]

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Rural tourism: Delighting tourists, developing communities

August 12, 2017
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Rural tourism in the Philippines at Banaue Rice Terraces.

At the Second Inter­na­tion­al Rur­al Tour­ism Con­fer­ence held in Anji County in Huzhou, China, July 16 – 18, 2017 the World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO) released its report on Inter­na­tion­al Rur­al Tour­ism Devel­op­ment — An Asia-Pacific Per­spect­ive. The report presen­ted best prac­tices in rur­al tour­ism devel­op­ment through­out Asia Pacific and show­cased the power of tour­ism to help mil­lions escape poverty. […]

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