The United Nations Economic and Social Council (47th .1 Session, Geneva-July 1969) examined the results of the Sofia Conference and requested the UN Secretary General to submit to the UN General Assembly. The Economic and Social Council proposed to the XXIVth United Nations General Assembly a resolution in November 1969, in which it invited the UN to take note of the recommendations of the XXIst IUOTO General Assembly. It also recommended to member-states of IUOTO to act jointly at the following Extraordinary General Assembly of the organisation to modify the statutes of IUOTO in order to give it an inter-governmental character. The Extra-ordinary General Assembly of the International Union of Official Travel Organisations (IUOTO) assembled in Mexico City (Mexico), voted in favour of creating the World Tourism Organisation with majority votes. The World Tourism Organisation was established on Nov. 1, 1974 after ratification by the provisional depository Swiss government to the states concerned that the 51st ratification of the WTO statutes had been received. The first General Assembly of the new inter-governmental World Tourism Organisation convened in Madrid, (Spain), on May 12, 1975. This meeting was attended by delegates from 89 sovereign states, associate members and affiliate members. Thus the World Tourism Organisation an international organisation of inter-governmental character resulting from the transformation of the International Union of Official Travel Organisation( lUOTO ) is established for the promotion and development of tourism. Its headquarter is now in Madrid, Spam.
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