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{"id":251,"date":"2018-05-05T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T16:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2023-05-17T04:44:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T04:44:53","slug":"rifai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/rifai\/","title":{"rendered":"Taleb Rifai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr.Taleb Rifai\u00a0former Secretary-General of the\u00a0United Nations World Tourism Organization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-252 size-medium aligncenter\" src=../../../../_https_/peacetourism.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-300x255.jpg/_.html alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Whatever our business in life may be, let us always remember that our\u00a0<\/em><em>core business is, and will always be, to make this world a better place.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Dr. Taleb Rifai<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr. Taleb Rifai Chairman, IIPT International Advisory Board <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary General from 2009 through 2017, has been named Chairman, IIPT International Advisory Board. He succeeds Dr. Noel Brown who becomes Chairman Emeritus and before Dr. Brown, Knut Hammarskjold, former Director General of IATA and nephew of UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-212 size-full\" src=../../../../_https_/peacetourism.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PeterKerkar.png/_.html alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PeterKerkar.png 1000w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PeterKerkar-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PeterKerkar-768x470.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Rifai receives IIPT Lifetime Achievement Award at World Travel Market, November 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In making the announcement, IIPT Founder and President, Louis D&#8217;Amore stated: \u201cIIPT is most honored that Dr. Rifai has accepted the role as Chairman of the IIPT International Advisory Board. His acceptance enhances the stature of IIPT in the International Tourism Community and IIPT\u2019s ability to make further progress towards its vision of travel and tourism becoming the world\u2019s first global peace industry and the belief that every traveler is potentially an Ambassador for Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Rifai stated: \u201cI have been a supporter of IIPT and its vision since participating in the IIPT Amman Global Summit nearly 20 years ago as Jordan Minister of Communication. As I have often stated as Secretary General of UNWTO \u2013 global solidarity is based on a common aspiration for peace &#8211; and \u2018travel is the language of peace.\u2019 I also believe and have often stated that the \u2018core business of tourism is to make the world a better place.\u2019 As Chairman of the IIPT International Advisory Board, I will be in a position to continue contributing towards these ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" style=\"width: 1111px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-258 size-full\" src=../../../../_https_/peacetourism.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-2.jpg/_.html alt=\"\" width=\"1111\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-2.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-2-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peacetourism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Taleb-Rifai-iipt-2-1024x694.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1111px) 100vw, 1111px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Rifai and Lou D\u2019Amore following the signing of an MOU between UNWTO and IIPT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Rifai earned a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from the University of Cairo; Masters degree in Engineering and Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and a PhD in Urban Design and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1999 to 2003, he served in several ministerial portfolios in the Government of Jordan as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation; Minister of Information; and Minister of Tourism and Antiquity. \u00a0He subsequently was Assistant Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO) following which he served as Deputy Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization prior to being elected as Secretary General in 2009 and elected for a second four year term by the 20th session of the UNWTO General Assembly co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his eight years as UNWTO Secretary General, Dr. Rifai changed the UNWTO and \u00a0many say he raised the bar of the UN agency to a new high, building a legacy for himself and the UNWTO like none of his predecessors had.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his final speech, he addressed not his legacy, but the legacy of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=../../../../_https_/www.eturbonews.com/174096/taleb-rifais-final-words-unwto-secretary-general-make-world-better-place/_.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is Dr. Rifai\u2019s final address as UNWTO Secretary General.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contact-form][contact-field label=&#8221;Name&#8221; type=&#8221;name&#8221; required=&#8221;1&#8243;][contact-field label=&#8221;Email&#8221; type=&#8221;email&#8221; required=&#8221;1&#8243;][contact-field label=&#8221;WhatsApp&#8221; type=&#8221;text&#8221;][contact-field label=&#8221;Message&#8221; type=&#8221;textarea&#8221;][\/contact-form]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=../../../../_https_/peacetourism.org/rifai/_.html title=\"Taleb Rifai\">&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.9 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taleb Rifai - International Institute For Peace Through Tourism IIPT<\/title>\n
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