CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Tourism Day has been held on 27 September each year since 1980. The date marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Statutes of the Organization in 1970, paving the way for the establishment of UNWTO five years later.

Detailed explanation-2: -The many important contributions of tourism encouraged the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to institute World Tourism Day in a meeting that took place in Spain, commencing the first celebration of the observance in the year 1980.

Detailed explanation-3: -The statutes of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) came about in 1970 on this day (September 27) and therefore coincided with the choice of celebrating World Tourism Day.

Detailed explanation-4: -The theme of National Tourism Day 2022 is “Rural and Community-Centric Tourism."