27/04/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 27 April, Russia announced its decision to withdraw from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) at a General Assembly of the organisation. With this announcement, Russia is simply pre-empting a potential suspension that the Member States could have decided on when they were called upon to vote on this issue. Russia’s withdrawal from the UNWTO takes effect “immediately”, the UN organisation said. The UNWTO had announced in March, in the wake...