Mask optional: New trend in Spain and for UNWTO?
January 23, 2021
Only the Egyptian minister of tourism actually traveled Madrid to attend the 113th Executive Council and voted for Zurab Pololikashvili at the Secretary General Election. The rest of the delegates were embassy officials. Wearing a mask as mandated by Spanish law was not important, not even for the high level participant from Spain. Diplomatic immunity is setting a new trend and a possible super-spreader for this UNWTO event.
The controversial gala dinner that the UNWTO Secretary General invited delegates to at the concluded 113th Executive Council Member meeting in Madrid on Tuesday has the potential to turn into a COVID-19 super-spreader event.