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We celebrate WORLD TOURISM DAY

2024

Dear Friends,

Today we celebrate WORLD TOURISM DAY, a date we always celebrate with great joy, hope, passion, ambition, courage and gratitude.

The search for peace is an ongoing effort and progress through tourism is more relevant than ever. So this year, together with the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), we reflect on the ways in which tourism can play a vital role as a catalyst in promoting peace and understanding between nations and cultures. We all have a concrete sense of how tourism is clearly linked to the building blocks of peace - from social justice, human rights, economic equity, sustainable development and a broad-based democracy with the capacity for non-violent conflict resolution. Tourism can act as a catalyst for peace, bringing people together and leading to better understanding between peoples.

With this in mind, we will try to find ways to broaden our perspectives through travel, cultural exchange and sustainable tourism practices, thus fostering conflict resolution, reconciliation and the promotion of peace in each place we visit.

A huge XIIIIIIII! Fátima C. Brízio