It was world tourism day that day

World tourism day is on September 27th every year.

World tourism day is celebrated on September 27th every year, which is a festival for tourists and tourists designated by the World Tourism Organization. 197 1 year, the International Union of Official Tourism Organizations, the predecessor of the World Tourism Organization, proposed the establishment of "world tourism day" at the suggestion of African official tourism organizations.

As early as 197 1, the International Federation of Official Tourism Organizations, the predecessor of the World Tourism Organization, put forward the idea of creating this festival according to the opinions of official tourism organizations of African countries. After a lot of preparatory work, 1979 September, the Third Congress of the World Tourism Organization officially decided that September 27th was world tourism day.

In addition, this day happens to be just after the tourist season in the northern hemisphere and just after the tourist season in the southern hemisphere, which is also a good time for people all over the world to spend their holidays.

With the rapid development of the world economy and the substantial improvement of people's living standards, tourism has become one of the main choices for people's leisure and vacation. The development of tourism not only provides a lot of employment opportunities for many countries, but also brings them rich foreign exchange income, so governments of various countries pay more and more attention to the development of tourism.

Although the global tourism industry was affected to some extent by terrorist attacks, regional conflicts and world economic recession, it achieved a strong recovery in 2004. According to the data released by the World Tourism Organization, in 2004, the number of international tourists reached 760 million, and the income from overseas tourism reached 622 billion US dollars, both reaching record highs. According to the forecast of the World Tourism Organization, by 20 10, more than 654.38 billion people will travel abroad every year in the world.