World Tourism Day

World Tourism Day is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of tourism to global well-being. It is an occasion to engage with other cultures and celebrate human diversity. On this observance, let us recognize tourism as a force for a

more tolerant, open and united world.

World Tourism Day (WTD) 2011 is being held under the theme Tourism Linking Cultures.

TOURISM LINKING CULTURES

This interaction between individuals and communities, and their diverse cultures, leads to tolerance, respect and mutual understanding - the building blocks for a more peaceful world.

 World Tourism Day 2011 is being celebrated under the theme Tourism Linking Cultures. As the most widely celebrated global day for tourism, It represents an opportunity to address how tourism can help build tolerance and understanding worldwide by serving as a catalyst for communication and exchange between the different cultures of the world.

Motto of UNWTO
Promoting and developing tourism with a view to contributing to economic development, international understanding, peace, prosperity, and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.

Through tourism, millions of people are brought closer every day.

World Culture Link aims to promote world peace that will link the world together with one unbreakable chain of love through different creative project

Cultural tourism (or culture tourism) is the subset of tourism concerned with a country or region's culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those peoples, their art, architecture, religion(s), and other elements that helped shape their way of life.

Culture
History Music Festivals Dance Handicrafts Pilgrimage Heritage Languages Cuisine

MEASURES TO LINK DIFFERENT CULTURES

World Conference and Workshop on Dance and Music as a tool for promoting sustainable peace Interchange of world wide cuisine Encouraging international sports events. Investing on infrastructure.

Research on Cultural Tourism

International Tourism changes the world. The Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) is leading internationally in approaching Tourism for critical research relating to the relationships between tourism, tourists and culture.