Kwa zaka zambiri, bungwe la United Nations 'World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), tsopano UN Tourism, yachita chikondwerero cha World Tourism Day pa 27 September chaka chilichonse. Ngati pali liwu limodzi lomwe ladzibwerezabwereza pa chikondwerero cha zaka 40, mawuwo adzakhala MTENDERE.
Tourism ndi Mtendere ndizolumikizana komanso zofunikira. Ngakhale ntchito zokopa alendo zitha kulimbikitsa mtendere ndi kumvetsetsana, zithanso kuwononga madera ngati sizikuyendetsedwa bwino potengera njira zoyendera zodalirika komanso zokhazikika. Titha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zokopa alendo kuti tilimbikitse mtendere, kumvetsetsa, ndi chitukuko, chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri ndi Rwanda komwe ntchito zokopa alendo zathandizira kukonzanso mikangano ya dziko, kulimbikitsa kukula kwachuma, mgwirizano wamagulu ndi kusinthana kwa chikhalidwe. Tilinso ndi Costa Rica ndi Northern Ireland, zitsanzo za mayiko omwe zokopa alendo zakhala injini yamtendere.
Tiyeneranso kudziwa zotsatira zoipa za zokopa alendo pa mtendere kudzera mu zokopa alendo, zomwe zingachititse kuti chikhalidwe homogenization. Ntchito zokopa alendo zosayendetsedwa bwino zingayambitsenso kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, kuwononga chuma cha m'deralo ndi kukulitsa mikangano, monga momwe tikuonera m'madera ena. Ngati sizisamalidwe bwino, zokopa alendo zimatha kuyambitsa mikangano pazachuma monga madzi, malo, ndi mphamvu.
Tiyenera kugwira ntchito moyenera, mokhazikika, komanso mwachilungamo kuti tilimbikitse zokopa alendo komanso mtendere ukhalepo padziko lonse lapansi.
Emmanuel Frimpong, Tourism Consultant ndi Analyst ndi Purezidenti Woyambitsa, Africa Tourism Research Network (ATRN) - Ghana