The World of Tourism is Celebrating this Month

For many of us September means the end of summer holidays to Ibiza or family trips to Utah and back to the grindstone of work and school. Although the summer months for most are over, the celebrations certainly are not. For the 30th year running, the world’s tourism community will celebrate World Tourism Day on September 27th.
Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.
This year the festivities will commemorate in the vibrant country of Ghana with the theme, ‘Tourism - Celebrating Diversity.’ The overarching tone will be to emphasize the importance of the world’s cultural wealth and the role of sustainable tourism.
Coinciding with World Tourism Day, South Africa takes the entire month of September to celebrate and honor the travel and tourism industry. This year, in anticipation of much travel traffic for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Cape Town is getting prepared. Through its ‘Live It! Love It! Louder!’ campaign, Capetonians are getting ready to welcome the world in 2010. Check out the Tourism Month’s Celebrate Diversity news in this article highlighting Cape Town.
.travel in turn is celebrating this month by unveiling its Fall Trade Show schedule as well as a special surprise after the Labor Day Weekend.