When is World Tourism Day?

September 27 is "World Tourism Day". World Tourism Day is a holiday for tourism workers and tourists determined by the World Tourism Organization. On September 27, 1970, the International Federation of Official Tourism adopted the World Tourism Organization Charter at a special congress held in Mexico City. To commemorate this day, the Third Congress of the World Tourism Organization in September 1979 officially designated September 27 as World Tourism Day.

The purpose of World Tourism Day

World Tourism Day (World Tourism Day) is a holiday for tourism workers and tourists determined by the World Tourism Organization. In 1970, the special congress of the International Federation of Official Tourism (the predecessor of the World Tourism Organization) in Mexico City adopted the charter for the establishment of the World Tourism Organization. In September 1979, the Third Congress of the World Tourism Organization officially designated September 27 as World Tourism Day.

This day was selected as World Tourism Day. First, because the predecessor of the World Tourism Organization, the "International Official Tourism Alliance", adopted the World Tourism Organization at the Special Congress in Mexico City on this day in 1970. Charter. In addition, this day happens to be the handover time when the peak tourist season in the northern hemisphere has just passed and the tourist season in the southern hemisphere has just arrived.

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 the main choice for people's leisure vacation

One of the ways. The development of tourism not only provides many countries with a large number of employment opportunities, but also brings them substantial foreign exchange income

As a result, governments of various countries are paying more and more attention to the development of tourism.

Although the global tourism industry has been affected to a certain extent by factors such as terrorist attacks, regional conflicts and the world economic downturn, it achieved a strong recovery in 2004. According to data released by the World Tourism Organization, the number of international tourist arrivals in 2004 reached 760 million, and overseas tourism revenue reached US$622 billion, both reaching record highs. According to the World Tourism Organization's prediction, by 2010, more than 1 billion people will travel abroad every year around the world.

In order to clarify the role and significance of tourism, deepen people’s awareness and understanding of tourism around the world, and promote the development of tourism, the World Tourism Organization has organized annual meetings for the world since 1980. Tourism Day determines a theme, and tourism organizations in various countries carry out a series of celebration activities according to the theme and requirements.