There are several international, national, and non-governmental organizations that help develop and manage tourism globally and within individual countries. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is a specialized UN agency that serves as a global forum for tourism policy and promotes sustainable and accessible tourism. Other major international organizations include the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which helps regulate the global airline industry, the United Federation of Travel Agents Associations (UFTAA), which represents travel agents' interests, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), which focuses on tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, and the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), the largest US travel trade association.

1. COMPARE AND CONTRAST
INTERNATIONAL
TOURISM ORGANIZATION

2. TOURISM ORGANIZATION
 The tourism organizations consists of international,
national, and non-governmental organizations that help
develop and manage tourism. They may be into education
and training, marketing, regulations, investment,
environmental management, or socio-cultural programs.
 There are also several tourism organization that play
significant roles in tourism industry . the organization
influence and contribute to the smooth running of the
tourism industry

3. TOURISM
PUBLIC SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL STATE
LOCAL

4. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. UNWTO (WTO)
2. IATA
3. UFTAA
4. PATA
5. ASTA

5. WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION
• Founded in 1978
• Formerly known as International Union of Official Travel
Organization
• Since 2006 the WTO renamed as United Nation World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• UNWTO is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
• Headquarters located in Madrid, Spain
• It also serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues
and plays a central role in promoting responsible,
sustainable, and universally accessible tourism, paying
particular attention to the needs of developing
countries.

6. Activities
• It conducts research studies for the tourism market
• It organizes seminars and conferences on issue such as
aviation, infrastructure development, planning and
marketing that are shared by many countries
• It gathers information on tourism, which include statistical
facilities, special events, regulation and legislations.
• It collects, analyses, and disseminates information on various
aspects of tourism
• It prepares drafts for international agreements on tourism.
• It provide updated information .

7. INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
• World’s first international scheduled services(IATA) started, it
formerly known as International Air Traffic Association.
• IATA founded in Havana, Cuba.
• In 1945 it has changed its name to the International Air
Transport Association
• IATA is closely associated with International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
• It helps in global planning of international timetables.
• It has formulated a single formula for tickets and airway bills.

8. Activities
• It simplifies the travel and shipping processes, while keeping
costs down.
• It allows them to operates safely, securely, efficiently, and
economically under clearly defined rules.
• It seeks to ensure they are well informed about the
complexities of the aviation industry.
• IATA also serves as an intermediary between airlines and
passengers as well as cargo agents.
• IATA provide solid expertise to airlines in a variety of industry
solutions.
• It helps to regulate legal questions of general concern in order
to develop security measures.
• It helps in training of travel and freight agents.

9. UNITED FEDERATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS ASSOCIATION
• United Federation of Travel Agents Association (UFTAA)
founded on 1966 in Rome.
• Earlier known as Universal Federation of Travel Agents
Association.
• Founded by merger of two large world organization IFTA and
UOTAA
• It offers its members all the necessary material, professional
and technical advice, and assistance to enable them to take
their proper place in the economy of worl tourism

10. Functions
• It unites and consolidates the federation of travel agent’s
National Association to enhance and promote the interest of
the members.
• It represents the travel agent’s activities before the various
world bodies, govt authorities and suppliers.
• It assists through its education committee.
• it lobbies to oppose legislations which are directly harmful to
tourism
• It acts as an information and investigation center.

11. PACIFIC ASIA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
• The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) was founded in
1951.
• PATA is a non-profit travel industry association.
• PATA focus its attention on travel opportunities in the member
countries and develop awareness among the travel trade.
• Headquarters of PATA in Bangkok.
• The main aim of PATA is developing , promoting, and
facilitating travel to and within in the Pacific areas and South-
East Asian region

12. Activities
• PATA provide information and practical assistance in the field
of tourism
• It assists upcoming destination to develop their
infrastructure
• It serves as a central source of information and guidelines.
• It helps the members in marketing.
• It organize an annual travel mart

13. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL AGENTS
• The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) established in
New York in1931
• It is the world’s largest professional travel trade association.
• Earlier it was known as American Steamship and Tourist
Agent’s Association( ASTAA)
• Aim is the promotion and advancement of the interest of
travel industry and safeguarding of the traveller.
• It promote the ethical practice in tourism industry.

14. Services
• Sponsorship of conference on tourism-related matters
• Discussion with airline on fare construction and travel
destinations
• Traveller’s preference research
• Assistance to all agencies in travel-oriented matters
• Cooperation to other agencies , states, and government.