Sandra Carvão has been the Director of Market Intelligence, Policies, and Competitiveness at the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) since 2018. Before that, she was the Director of Communications and Publications for eight years, where she was responsible for UN Tourism’s strategic positioning.

Sandra was Deputy Director of UN Tourism’s Market Trends, Competitiveness and Trade in Tourism between 2007 and 2010. During this period, Sandra coordinated UN Tourism’s Tourism Resilience Committee in the context of the economic crisis 2008-2009. Prior to joining UN Tourism in 2003, Sandra was a Market Manager at the Portuguese National Tourist Office in Lisbon. Sandra has a degree in International Relations, Economics Branch, by the Instituto de Ciências Sociais e Políticas/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and a postgraduade degree in Marketing by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.