2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
Every year the United Nations (UN) chooses a theme of general interest to be the focal point of the year. For 2017, the UN has decided it will be the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (# IY2017 on social media). This is in response to the need for companies and citizens to be aware of their influence on the environment whenever they travel. As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on World Tourism Day in 2015: “With more than one billion international tourists now traveling the world each year, tourism has become a powerful and transformative force that is […]