U.S., Sept. 16 -- The General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization 2019 just concluded in St. Petersburg, Russia. The event is expected to become the most controversial and restricted general assembly in the history of this special agency of the United Nations.

A long-serving delegate on the ministerial level from a western European country had this feedback for eTurboNews:

"I participated in the UNWTO General Assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia last week. The UNWTO is completely changing under Zurab and the last general assembly was very different from previous ones.

UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili summarized all business in one and a half-day. It has been a tradition for ministers from member countries to speak. It ...