World Tourism Day

 

Today is World Tourism Day . 27 September is celebrated every year all over the globe as World Tourism Day. This year’s World Tourism Day will be celebrated under the theme of ‘Tourism - Linking Cultures’ set by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The main focus of this year’s theme is to foster awareness among the international community of the value of tourism and its cultural impact and to gain experience in understanding cultural diversity.

Taj Mahal – The Pride of India

World Tourism Day (WTD) 2011 is being held under the theme Tourism – Linking Cultures.

Sri Lanka Post  issues postcards and stamps to celebrate WTD 2011

 

This year’s World Tourism Day will be celebrated under the theme of ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’ set by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The main focus of this year’s theme is to foster awareness among the international community of the value of tourism and its cultural impact and to gain experience in understanding cultural diversity.

The main function will be held on September 27 with arrangements to release ten new stamps and picture postcards covering this year’s promotional themes of Sri Lanka tourism including Pristine, Heritage, Bliss, Wild, Scenic, Thrills, Festive and Essence and Scenic.

The stamps will bear the value of rupees five (4 stamps) and fifteen (2 stamps). Also four Airmail stamps valuing Rs 30, 35, 40 and 45 will also be released with this.

A Tourism Zone will be declared from Uttarananda Mw to Perahera Mawatha named as ‘Road to Paradise’ where the main activities are scheduled to take place from September 25 to 28.

Two thousand schoolchildren from 110 different schools in the Western province will participate in a competition to draw a 1 km long painting in this area named as ‘Colombo Wall’. The painting will showcase the Colombo city in the future as seen through the eyes of these children.