Last October, the UN Security Council ordered all governments to apply biometric security to counter terrorism activity, writes Ayla Soguksu.
Following the mandate, president and chief executive of WTTC Gloria Guevara Manzo has called for governments to work with the travel and tourism sector to find an agreeable approach that can be used across all travel systems.
Speaking at the ninth Exceltur Tourism Leadership Forum, Guevara said: “This will take a huge effort of collaboration with considerable challenges to be overcome, particularly around the security and sharing of data, and privacy issues.”
Pre-empting these concerns, WTTC has arranged for the issues to be addressed at the WTTC Global Summit in Buenos Aires this April.
