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The 95th session of the UNWTO Executive Council, meeting in Belgrade, unanimously recommended Taleb Rifai as a nominee for the post of Secretary-General for the four-year-period starting January 2014 (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, 28 May 2013).
Total arrivals and nights spent in hotels, apart-hotels, guesthouses and hostels (collective accommodation) in March advanced by 0.6 and 11.9 per cent respectively, when compared to the same month a year ago, the National Statistics Office said.
Commenting on the CSO figures issued today for overseas visitor numbers to Ireland for the three-month period February to May 2013, Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said: “Today’s figures from the CSO, showing growth of +4% for the period February to April, suggest a positive start to 2013, as we head into the high season. 
