Intercultural Communication and Translation News

Tourism can play a key role in advancing understanding among cultures, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

“In a global environment marked by rising intolerance and cross-cultural tensions, often exacerbated by the economic divide between nations, tourism can foster spiritual and cultural respect among and between peoples, while creating economic opportunities to benefit disadvantaged populations,” he said in a message to the International Conference on Tourism, Religions and the Dialogue of Cultures.

The three-day Conference, which is taking place in Cordoba, Spain, has been convened by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which became the world body’s newest specialized agency in 2003.Read more> Conference 

Related posts:

1. Multilingual Website Competition for South West Tourism Industry Tourism businesses in the South West are being challenged...
2. Intercultural Cities Conference 1-3 May 2008 Liverpool An official UK event for the European Year of...
3. “Argument for increased intercultural understanding has never been greater”The level of globalisation seen in the last 20 years...
4. “Training and Competencies in an Intercultural Setting”2nd Issue: “Training and Competencies in an Intercultural Setting” Call...
5. How Languages Foster “Intercultural Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”Multilingualism Commissioner Leonard Orban chaired the first meeting of a...

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 at 9:07 am and is filed under Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.