UNWTO:World Tourism Organization Official The website is an intergovernmental international organization of the United Nations system whose purpose is to promote and develop tourism in a manner conducive to economic development, mutual international understanding, peace and prosperity.

UNWTO is mainly responsible for collecting and analyzing tourism data and providing statistics to member countries on a regular basis. UNWTO is mainly responsible for collecting and analyzing tourism data, providing statistics and research reports to member countries on a regular basis, formulating international tourism conventions, declarations, rules and templates, and studying global tourism policies. Its predecessor was the International Union of Official Tourism, which changed its name to its current name in 1975 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

UNWTO publishes the World Tourism Organization News, the Tourism Development Report (Policy and Trends), the Tourism Statistics Yearbook, the Tourism Statistics Handbook, and the Tourism and Travel Update.