Daily Current Affairs / World Tourism Day: 27 September
Category : Important Days Published on: September 27 2021
· World Tourism Day (WTD) is observed every year on 27 September to raise awareness of the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values around the world.
· The theme of World Tourism Day 2021 is "Tourism for Inclusive Development".
· World Tourism Day has been held on 27 September every year since 1980. The date marks the anniversary of the adoption of the organization's statutes in 1970, paving the way for the establishment of the UNWTO five years later.
Important facts
About UNWTO
v UNWTO: United Nations World Tourism Organization
v Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
v Founded: 1 November 1975
v Head: General Secretary; Zurab Pololikashvili (Georgia)
Gurugram Emerges as India’s Most Polluted City in March 2026 with Highest PM2.5 Levels.
Read More....Maharashtra Launches ‘Majha Gaon, Arogyasampann Gaon’ Rural Healthcare Campaign on World Health Day.
Read More....Russia and China Veto UN Resolution on Safe Navigation in Strait of Hormuz.
Read More....Odisha’s Payal Nag Becomes First Quadruple Amputee to Win International Archery Gold.
Read More....INS Trikand Arrives at Mombasa, Kenya to Strengthen India-Kenya Bilateral Ties.
Read More....Bank of Baroda Launches AI-Powered Multilingual Platform ‘bob SAMVAD’.
Read More....Shri Tejveer Singh Takes Charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.
Read More....Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam Achieves First Criticality.
Read More....Veteran Congress Leader Mohsina Kidwai Passes Away at 94 in Noida.
Read More....India Celebrates 11 Years of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).
Read More....India withdrew its bid to host the COP33 climate summit scheduled for 2028.
Read More....UAE becomes world’s first nation to launch commercial upper 6GHz internet network with 10 Gbps speeds.
Read More....World Homoeopathy Day observed on April 10 with 2026 theme “Homoeopathy for Sustainable Health”.
Read More....