(Posted 12th November 2025)
Dr. Alain St.Ange, one of the 2017 Candidates for the post of SG at UNWTO & former Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine of the Seychelles adds his voice to positive news from the Saudi Arabia UN – Tourism
Dr. Alain St.Ange was one of the leading candidates at the 2017 UNWTO elections for the position of Secretary General when against all odd Zurab Pololikashvili won the tourism industry’s highest office.
Dr. St.Ange from the Seychelles was reacting to the Saudi Arabia UN -Tourism General Assembly after it confirmed a New Secretary General.
“I join the world of tourism in welcoming Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais from The UAE as the new SG for UN – Tourism. This is an overdue piece of good news that will get UN – Tourism back on its rail. An organisation for the tourism industry of the world needed once again to be seen and heard by industry players as the body they respect and one operating in all transparency ” said Dr. Alain St.Ange.
Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais of the United Arab Emirates now confirmed as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) and set to take office on the 1st January 2026 will need the support of Tourism Ministers and from the tourism industry at large.
Shaikha Nasser AL Nowais will need to be press friendly and work with the tourism fraternity as one.
She become the first woman to lead this global tourism body and I join the community of nations to simply say ‘Welcome’
Shaikha Al Nowais succeeds Zurab Pololikashvili of Georgia, who has served two consecutive terms since 2018. “I wish the incoming SG a smooth run in her time in office. May she learn from Pololikashvili’s term in office and unite the world of tourism and embrace all the capable and respected SG of the former UNTWO” said Dr. St.Ange
ATCNews also commented on the election of the new Secretary General who will take office on the 01st of January 2026 and access to the article can be found via https://atcnews.org/un-tourism-confirms-new-secretary-general/
