World Tourism Day is celebrated each year on September 27 to spread awareness about the significance of tourism and its influence on our society. Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day with worldwide ceremonies on September 27. The day is also celebrated to stretch awareness about global challenges delineated for Sustainable Development and to accentuate the endeavors the tourism industry can make obtaining the sustainable development missions. It also spreads awareness about how to demonstrate its effects on social, cultural, political, and economic values worldwide. This date was selected as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were approved. The adoption of these Statutes is evaluated as a milestone in global tourism. The UNWTO General Assembly, in October 1997 in Turkey, agreed on designating a host country each year to act as the Organization’s partner in the celebration of World Tourism Day.
The theme of World Tourism Day 2021
‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’ is the theme for World Tourism Day 2021. This year’s authorized celebration will be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire, applauding tourism’s potential to drive inclusive development and the role it plays in nurturing respect while producing opportunities for many millions across the world. You need to exclusively showcase the potential of tourism to generate jobs for all and bring communities together.
Human Resource For Tourism Industry
People are at the centre of everything. Tourism is a people-oriented industry and its major functions depend on human resources. They create the tourism sector and make it a substantial platform for advancement and understanding, so let’s appreciate them for their enormous services.
∆ Workers of the tourism sector
Tourism and travel-related services comprise services provided by hotels and restaurants (including catering), travel agencies and tour operator services, tourist guide services and other related services. A significant element of trade in tourism services is the cross-border movement of consumers. This allows a variety of workers, including those in remote areas, to become services exporters — for instance, by guiding tourists, performing in local events, or working in tourist accommodation. While digitalisation offers great potential for numerous factors of tourism services, the sector continues to be sure of the cross-border movement of both customers and employees and remains strongly linked to transport services. This service provider community helps in many ways. It makes our travel easy and feasible. Tour operators generally offer a variety of package tours to cater to the needs of different kinds of travellers. Workers include everyone from the middle level to the upper level of the people. The workers help us to make our tour happy and amazing. They provide significant services to us from going from our domestic nation to reaching our destination nationally or internationally. These tourism workers carry forward the various services and make your holiday a happy holiday.
Local communities
Today, tourism is an important source of income and economic activity for developing countries. It produces employment, foreign exchange earnings, and also assists the development of the infrastructure of the destination. Local community participation in tourism activities has also become one of the leading principles of sustainable tourism. Tourism is a major source of employment and it has all the abilities in providing towards the livelihood of the local community by providing employment and involving them in all kinds of tourism activities. The main purpose of the study is to learn how local communities are pertained to in several activities and practices approved by resorts for the development of the local community. These local communities include the travel agencies, transport industry, tour guide providers, local markets, people providing homestays, local restaurants, hotels, handloom industries, ivories, providing the local antiques to the tourists and the specialties of the destinations. We are very grateful to these local communities for helping us all over our tour and making our tourism worth our time and money.
Travellers engaging in local activities and events
Today there are a number of events held around the world which are specially organized for the tourists to attain. They are considered to be the best tourist attraction that attracts many travellers across the world. Belgium is one of the most developed countries in Europe and it’s famous for tourists who are looking to have a nice time. The country is the host of the most popular festival of electronic music after all, as well as the home of an outrageous amount of bars and pubs. The most famous festivals that Belgium offers are:
- Boombal Festival – 20th-23th Aug 2021
- Rock Werchter – 2nd-5th July 2021
- Carnaval De Binche – 23rd-25th Feb 2021
- Tomorrowland – 24th-26th July 2021
- Salon Du Chocolat Brussels – 14th-16th Feb 2021
- Bruges Beer Festival – 31st Jan – 2nd Feb 2021
- Brussels Animation Film Festival – 21st Feb – 1st Mar 2021
- Flower Carpet Festival – 13th-16th Aug 2021
- Ghent Light Festival – Jan 2021
- Brussels Food Truck Festival – June 2021
- Elrow Town Summer Festival – June 2021
- Dour Festival – July 2021
- Paradise City Festival – June/July 2021
- Extrema Outdoor Belgium – 5th-9th June 2021
- CactusFestival Belgium
After all the upheaval of the covid 19, we wish for the exciting travels for you ahead!
Happy world tourism day!
