U.S., May 3 -- According to former UN-Tourism Secretary General Dr. Taleb Rifai, tourism has been categorized as an industry of Peace.

It can only be hoped that Peace and Tourism will be back on the agenda for UN-Tourism, since it was eliminated when the current UNWTO secretary-general refused to continue supporting the work of Louis D'Amore of the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) and cancelled an important conference in Montreal, already confirmed by Taleb Rifai.

A new initiative was launched on April 29 in Gernika, Spain, by the UNAOC and Religions for Peace, with the support of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN ). Imitiaz Muqbil of the Thailand-based Travel Impact Newswire was the first in...