World Tourism Day

Industry News
Oct 2023

As a member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) joins in the annual celebration of World Tourism Day every 27 September. The PNGTPA will carry out various awareness activities in major country centres.

The 2022 theme for World Tourism Day is ‘Tourism and Green Investments‘. This year we celebrate the progress of tourism after the 2020 global pandemic, especially how Tourism as a sector adapted and flourished with innovative technology and policies.

Date: 27 September, 2023

Location: Global observance

Main Venue: Lae, Morobe Province.

Website: https://www.unwto.org/world-tourism-day-2023 / https://papuanewguinea.travel/world-tourism-day-2023

Contact: Mrs Clare Kolma, PNGTPA acting senior officer product development and provincial coordination: ppd@papuanewguinea.travel

In 2019 the World Tourism Day theme was: Tourism and Jobs – A Better Future for All. Here are some awareness videos produced by the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority sharing interviews and stories from our Papua New Guinea tourism industry:

Authors:

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