For a World Tourism Day in Preparation for the Jubilee
Today, September 27, the 44th World Tourism Day is celebrated around the world. To mark the occasion, the Dicastery for Evangelization published a Message entitled "Tourism and Green Investment" on May 26, which already casts its gaze toward the Jubilee.
“May the appreciation for keeping this commitment alive be received by all those who make tourism their professional and pastoral endeavour, making Pope Francis’ wish their own", wrote Pro-Prefect H.E. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, - so that even in view of the upcoming Ordinary Jubilee 2025, we do not neglect, to contemplate the beauty of creation in caring for our common home, entrusted to us by God. Therefore, the preparation of the upcoming Jubilee Year should be celebrated and lived with this care for creation, keeping firmly the hope of building the future together."
The United Nations General Assembly called World Tourism Day in September 1979, for September the 27th of each year.