What are Tourism Day and Tourism Year?

In order to commemorate the birth of the constitution of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the World Tourism Organization has designated September 27th as world tourism day. This day is also the day when the tourist seasons in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere meet each other.

The World Tourism Organization puts forward different slogans for world tourism day every year. These slogans are short, powerful and far-reaching. For example, the slogan of 1980 world tourism day is: "Tourism helps to protect cultural heritage, peace and mutual understanding." 1983, the slogan is: "Travel and vacation are the rights and responsibilities of all people." The slogan of 1990 is: "Education for all through tourism".

In the past decade or two, the world tourism industry has developed and prospered, ranking among the three major industries in the world. In order to compete for the international tourism market, no matter the countries with more developed tourism industry or the rising stars, all countries compete to hold "Year of Tourism" activities, and launch promotional campaigns according to their own tourism characteristics to compete for more tourists, which has played an important role in promoting the development of tourism.

For example, Thailand experienced a downward trend in tourism in the late 1970s. In order to promote the growth of tourists, Thailand Tourism Bureau designated 1980 as the year of tourism in Thailand. As a result, the number of tourists increased by 16.8%.

1990 held the European Year of Tourism, with the purpose of welcoming the establishment of a single market in 1992 and making governments and the public better aware of the importance and social value of tourism.

Some countries spend a lot of money on publicity activities to prepare for the Year of Tourism. In order to publicize their own tourism landscapes, some countries have carefully drafted unique tourism propaganda slogans.

Do you know the terms in these cultural landscapes?

When you visit national places of interest, there are of course some pavilions, palaces, temples and towers. Introducing some common terms to you will make your tour more advanced and gain more.

Cornice: A form of eaves in ancient buildings in China. The cornice is slightly upturned, and the corner is higher, like a flying wing.

Double eaves: the upper and lower eaves of a house are called double eaves or double eaves, and only one is called single eaves.

Meridian Gate: The main entrance of the Forbidden City, with nine buildings on it, commonly known as the Five Peaks Pagoda.

End door: the main entrance of the imperial city. Today, a heavy door behind Tiananmen Square in the Forbidden City is the end door.

Stone exorcism: it is a stone beast in front of the tomb, and it is a legendary beast.

Stone statue students: refers to the stone statues of civil servants, warriors and animals arranged on both sides of the ancient tomb, also known as Shinto stone carving.

Fangcheng: a part of the treasure city in the imperial tomb, with Amin Building above and Fangcheng below.

Wing: a small room on both sides of the main house. Before the Song Dynasty, there was a small room on the brick wall of the tomb, also called the wing room.

Underground palace: the underground palace of the emperor's mausoleum, where coffins and sacrifices are placed.

Treasure City: the tower above the "underground palace" of the Mausoleum.

Stupa: Sakyamuni was cremated after his death, and five-colored beads were found in his ashes, which is called stupa. Building a pagoda and burying a stupa is called stupa.

Tower brake: the decoration on the top of the stupa.