World Tourism Day

Name: World Tourism Day
Start: 2026-09-27
End: 2026-09-27

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Travel widens the world for the people doing it.

World Tourism Day has been observed on September 27 since 1980. Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, supporting 1 in 10 jobs globally and generating roughly $1.9 trillion in exports annually. The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the sector in 2020-21, and its recovery has been uneven. The d