“According to the latest data from the World Travel and Tourism Council, the tourism sector generates 10 percent of global GDP and employs 1 in 10 people. For many developing countries, including small island states and least developed countries, tourism is a lifeline – providing income, employment, and foreign exchange,” Azernews reports, citing Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, President of COP29 Mukhtar Babayev, as saying at the First Meeting of Ministers on Improved Climate Action in the Tourism Sector held on November 20 in Baku within the framework of COP29.
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