We invite you to celebrate The 2014 World Tourism Day Celebrations Meluha the Fern ecotel Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai September 29th 2014 11am to lunch. The interactive event is aimed to mark the most widely celebrated global day for tourism, it represents a unique opportunity to raise awareness of tourism’s role in conservation and shine a spotlight on the sector’s contribution to a more sustainable future. This year the theme is in keeping with WTD 2014 which is being held under the theme Tourism and Community Development - focusing on the ability of tourism to empower people and provide them with skills to achieve change in their local communities. Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening ‎diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. ‎Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number ‎of new destinations. These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-‎economic progress.‎ Today, the business volume of tourism is gigantic. Tourism has become one of the major players in ‎international commerce, and represents at the same time one of the main income ‎sources for many developing countries. On the occasion of joining the global community in the celebration of World Tourism Day, we have invited corporates, citizens, exclusive Travel companies, Travel boards of other countries , Travel bloggers, Travel writers, Travel trade chiefs, foreign country representatives, MTDC, Celebrity Food and travel personalities and chefs as well as media to attend the travel and tourism lunch celebrations.Contact Elsie Gabriel 9967347511/elsiegabriel@yahoo.com

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