‘Tourism for all’: UN World Tourism Day today

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations’ (UN) World Tourism Day would be observed on Sep 27 to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic values. The day recognises the importance of tourists and the tourism industry across the globe. The theme of 2016 is “Tourism for All - promoting universal accessibility”. The UNWTO Secretary-General annually sends out a message to the general public to mark the occasion. Many tourism enterprises and organisations, as well as government agencies with a special interest in tourism, celebrate the event with various special events and festivities. Different types of competitions, such as photo competitions promoting tourism, as well as tourism award presentations in areas such as ecotourism, are held on World Tourism Day.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 27^th, 2016.

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