The UN TOURISM, Secretary General has paid a working visit to the new headquarters of the Madrid based UN Tourism Agency.
Visiting in the company of Spain’s Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism H.E. Jordi Hereu, and other senior officials of the Spanish government, the Secretary General was given an update on the progress of works done so far and also a small tour of where will be the new premises of the HQ of global tourism.
During the visit, Mr Pololikashvili said he was “delighted to have visited the new UN Tourism headquarters in Madrid together with the H.E.Jordi Hereu, Spain’s Minister of Industry and Tourism . Together we have explored the potential of this space to drive global tourism initiatives.”
The new headquarters to be housed in the former Palacio de Congresos de Madrid opposite the iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is expected to open in the first quarter of 2025.
Expressing the Spanish government’s commitment to the works and programs of UN Tourism was the minister of tourism.
“I have visited the works of the new headquarters of UN Tourism with its General Secretary Zurab Pololikashvili.
This UN Tourism building expresses the Government’s will to promote our tourism industry , which is one of those that contributes the most to the development of the economy. It will be ready in 2025,” the Minister maintained.
