Almasalla- Arab Travel Portal News – The World Tourism Organization UNWTO its deep concern and strong condemnation over the recently announced travel travel/tag/ban/" target="_blank">ban by the United States of America (USA) to nationals of seven countries (Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen).
The travel travel/tag/ban/" target="_blank">ban, based on nationality, is contrary to the principles of travel/tag/freedom/" target="_blank">freedom of travel .
And travel facilitation promoted by the international tourism community .
And will hinder the immense benefits of the tourism sector brings in terms of economic growth and job creation to many countries, including the USA.
“Global challenges demand global solutions .
And the security challenges that we face today should not prompt us to build new walls.
on the contrary, isolationism and blind travel/tag/discriminatory/" target="_blank">discriminatory actions will not lead to increased security.
but rather to growing tensions and threats”, said UNWTO Secretary-General, travel/tag/taleb-rifai/" target="_blank">Taleb Rifai.
“Besides the direct impact, the image of a country which imposes travel travel/tag/ban/" target="_blank">bans in such a hostile way will surely be affected among visitors from all over the world .
And risk dumping travel demand to the USA” added Mr Rifai.
