The origin of world tourism day and its themes over the years

World tourism day is a festival designated by the World Tourism Organization for tourism workers and tourists. From 65438 to 0970, the International Federation of Official Tourism (the predecessor of the World Tourism Organization) adopted the Constitution of the World Tourism Organization at the special congress held in Mexico City. 1979 In September, the third Congress of the World Tourism Organization officially designated September 27th as world tourism day. This day was chosen as world tourism day. First of all, the predecessor of the World Tourism Organization, the International Official Tourism Union, adopted the Constitution of the World Tourism Organization at the special congress in Mexico City on 1970. In addition, this day happens to be the handover time just after the peak tourist season in the northern hemisphere and the peak tourist season in the southern hemisphere.

The theme of world tourism day over the years

2000: Technology and Nature: The Double Challenges of Tourism in 2 1 Century.

200 1: tourism: a tool for peace and dialogue among civilizations.

2002: economic tourism: the key to sustainable development.

2003: Tourism: the Driving Force of Poverty Eradication, Employment Creation and Social Harmony

2004: Tourism stimulates employment.

2005: Tourism and Transportation —— From jules verne's fantasy to the reality of 2 1 century.

2006: Tourism benefits the world.

2007: Tourism opened the door for women.

2008: "Tourism: Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change"

2009: "Celebrating Diversity"

20 10: "tourism and biodiversity"

20 1 1 year: tourism-the driving force for poverty eradication, employment creation and social harmony.

20 12: tourism-a link between different cultures.

20 13: "Promoting the role of tourism in protecting water resources".

The Significance of world tourism day

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.