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Τhe new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization, Ms. Helena Mina, presented on February 8^th 2021 her credentials to the Secretary-General of the Organization, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili.

UNWTO Secretary-General welcomed the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Organization and wished her success in her work. Emphasizing the importance of the tourism sector for the Cypriot economy, Ms. Mina conveyed the greetings of the President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, and of the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Mr Savvas Perdios, and extended an invitation to Mr Pololikashvili to visit Cyprus.

Ms Mina briefed the Secretary-General on the Government's measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as on the Strategic Plan for Tourism for the period 2020-2030. Mr Pololikashvili, for his part, expressed the UNWTO’s support to the Cyprus Strategic Plan for Tourism and the new digital campaign for the promotion of the Cypriot tourism product, describing these efforts as a very good opportunity for the development of sustainable tourism.

Thanking for the invitation to visit Cyprus, the UNWTO Secretary-General expressed the willingness to strengthen contacts and further cooperation, which will be discussed in a scheduled bilateral teleconference with the Deputy Minister of Tourism Mr Perdios on 22 February 2021.

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