World Tourism Day | Fish Luggage | Rude Hand Gestures

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
World Tourism Day, like a lot of the "holidays" declared by the United Nations sounds like a bureaucratic invention, but by putting aside a day to celebrate the upside of travel, the diplomatic community is recognizing that valuable exchanges don't need to take place in conservatively-decorated conference rooms.

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