[4] The six official languages of UN Tourism are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Nonmembers are: Australia, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Denmark, Dominica, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Kiribati, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) rejoined the organization in May 2013, 26 years after having left UN Tourism.

[11] As host country of UN Tourism's headquarters, Spain has a permanent seat on the Executive Council.

[16] The report concluded that the 30 countries whose citizens were least affected by visa restrictions in 2015 were (based on the data compiled by the UN Tourism, based on information from national official institutions):[17] Didier Drogba - Football player Leo Messi - Football player Andrés Iniesta - Football players Gino Sorbillo - chef Ramon Freixa - chef Michael Frenzel - Businessman Adam Goldstein - Businessman Giorgio Armani - Passion designer Placido Domingo - Opera singer