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Agnes Mucuha, Nairobi, Kenya

Hon. Secretary Najib Balala, Kenya

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Yanina Gavrilova, Head of the Ukrainian Tourist Guides Association, Ukraine

Leadership in Extreme Conditions: As the Chairwoman of the Ukrainian Tourist Guides Association, Yanina has demonstrated exceptional leadership. She successfully led the organization during the extremely challenging conditions of war. She has not only preserved the Association but also developed it, ensuring its continuous operation in such difficult circumstances. Dedication to Tourism Development: Yanina actively […]

Dale Evans, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Charley’s Taxi has provided transportation services to Hawaii since 1938. It is proud to be a 3rd generation, woman-owned business, and Hawaii’s premier transportation provider. Safer Tourism safety and security experts evaluated Charley’s Taxi and found this company to be a model for transportation and taxi businesses. The Safer Tourism seal takes into account a […]

Ambassador Dho Young-shim, Republic of Korea

Ambassador Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UN World Tourism Organization’s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty Foundation. The SDG Advocates are 17 inspiring, influential people raising global awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the need for accelerated action. They use their unique global platforms to raise ambition around the SDGs and reach the most vulnerable […]

Kristijan Curavić, Ocean Alliance SOS, Croatia

The World Tourism Network awarded Kristijan Curavić the Tourism Hero Status, part of the Amazing Travel Award, on December 15, 2025 This is the first time the Award was presented to a Croatian. Kristijan Curavić does not present himself as an activist. He operates more like a chief executive navigating diplomacy, capital, and long-term institutional […]

Hon. Secretary Najib Balala, Kenya

Secretary of Tourism, Kenya Tourism is one of the world’s leading industries and a major economic development tool, and as such, security (crime and terrorism) has a major impact on the tourism, cruise, and event-oriented economies. Additionally, much of the entire world has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on tourism have […]

Mona Naffa, Amman , Jordan

We are Hotel and SPA owners and our livelihood is Tourism and sustaining the Sector. We provide the best value for the practical-minded traveler. Destination Jordan is a platform that bridges cultures from the East to the West and vice versa as the co-founder is a first-generation Arab American; raised and educated in California and […]

Ambassador Dho Young-shim, Republic of Korea

Ambassador Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UN World Tourism Organization’s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty Foundation. The SDG Advocates are 17 inspiring, influential people raising global awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the need for accelerated action. They use their unique global platforms to raise ambition around the SDGs and reach the most vulnerable […]

Dr. Taleb Rifai, Jordan

Dr. Taleb Rifai was born in 1949. He is a Jordanian economist who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) based in Madrid, Spain, until December 31, 2017, having held the post since being unanimously elected in 2010 in Zambia/Zimbabwe at the UNWTO General Assembly. Dr. Taleb Rifai was elected as Secretary-General of the World […]

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