Rome, July 5 -- Led by Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili, members of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) are on an official visit to Italy as the country joins hands with the global body to restart tourism in Europe in the post pandemic phase.

Tourism has been one of the sectors to be worst hit as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world and restrictive measures such as closure of international and domestic borders and ban on travel were imposed as containment measures.Although UNWTO had been offering guidelines and holding regular virtual meetings to guide the sector durng the time of the crisis, this in-person official is looked upon as a message to ensure the restart of the tourism sector.The UNWTO official visit to Italy ma...