{"id":19755,"date":"2017-08-28T20:16:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=19755"},"modified":"2017-08-28T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T19:16:11","slug":"u-n-taps-usain-bolt-as-ambassador-for-sustainable-tourism-confab-in-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/u-n-taps-usain-bolt-as-ambassador-for-sustainable-tourism-confab-in-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. taps Usain Bolt as ambassador for sustainable tourism confab in Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19756\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/T0821BOLT_HR-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"U.N. taps Usain Bolt as ambassador for sustainable tourism confab in Jamaica\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/T0821BOLT_HR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/T0821BOLT_HR.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">J<\/span>amaica&#8217;s Usain Bolt has been invited to serve as a special ambassador for the United Nations World Tourism Organization&#8217;s (UNWTO) Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth through Sustainable Tourism taking place Nov. 27 to 29 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year the UNWTO declared 2017 the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development in an effort to increase awareness about the impact that travelers have on the destinations they visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kInstance-Body\"><strong>This is an excerpt from an article first published by Travel Weekly.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Read the original article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.com\/Caribbean-Travel\/UN-taps-Usain-Bolt-ambassador-for-sustainable-tourism-confab-Jamaica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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