About World Tourism Day

A United Nations observance held on 27 September, established by the UN World Tourism Organization to examine tourism’s social, cultural, political and economic effects. Each year the organisation sets a theme and a host country.

The date marks the anniversary of the adoption of the organisation’s statutes in 1970. The current year’s theme is announced by UN Tourism rather than fixed in advance, so check their site for what this year covers.

Why this date does not move

The event countdown is live, and the date shown with it is the next occurrence. This is a fixed date: it falls on the same day of the month every year, so only the weekday changes.

The date follows a fixed calendar rule, so it can be computed years ahead. Where a country observes this as a public holiday, the official government calendar remains the authority for whether the day off is moved when it falls on a weekend.

What is coming up next

Once this date passes, the countdown moves on according to the recurrence rule described above. Calculated lunar dates remain estimates until the relevant calendar or local authority confirms them. See the full list of upcoming events, or use the countdown timer for a duration of your own.