This workshop is organized by the UIC Passenger Department TopRail project and the UIC Sustainable Development Unit. TopRail is a business-driven project that actively promotes world rail tourism by increasing the visibility of service offering, enabling close collaboration between stakeholders and their customers to encourage railway tourism opportunities.
Tourism and Transport are intrinsically linked. Tourism represents 10% of global GDP and 1 of every 11 jobs. Travel and Tourism experience a continued expansion and have become one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in the world and the number of international tourist arrivals worldwide is expected to increase by an average of 3.3 % a year.
