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>World Tourism Day
TIA Salutes World Tourism Day
September 27, 2008
"Tourism Responding to the Challenge
of Climate Change"
Information on 2008 activities is available from the UN World Tourism Organization. Details on U.S. resources will be available from TIA soon.
On September 27, 2007, U.S. travel industry leaders, in Washington to participate in Travel Leadership Summit, paused to salute World Tourism Day's global celebration.
Pictured (left to right) are: Roger J. Dow, President and CEO, Travel Industry Association; Bob Warren, Chair of the National Council of Destination Organizations and Tourism Bureau Manager, Redding Convention and Visitors Bureau; Caroline Beteta, TIA First Vice Chair and Executive Director, California Travel and Tourism Commission; Margie Emmermann, Vice-Chair of the National Council of State Tourism Directors and Director, Arizona Office of Tourism; and Jay Rasulo, TIA National Chair and Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
World Tourism Day is an outstanding opportunity to educate policymakers and community leaders and create special events celebrating travel and tourism in your home base. Click here to read the TIA Press Release (2007).
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- Click here for a flyer outlining the positive impacts of tourism, such as economic benefits, increased international understanding, rural jobs, environmental protection, etc.
World Tourism Day is sanctioned by the UN World Tourism Organization (WTO), a specialized agency of the United Nations.
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