World Tourism Day Recognized in the United States and Nations Worldwide on Saturday, September 27

Washington, DC – September 2008 – Across the globe, September 27th heralds World Tourism Day, an annual event sanctioned by the U.N. World Tourism Organization.
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The global theme of World Tourism Day, “Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change”, is among the key business and public policy issues fronting the U.S. travel industry....

Travel and tourism is one of the largest employers in the United States, directly generating earnings of $171 billion that supports 7.5 million jobs across every local economy. Domestic and international travel expenditures total $740 billion, making it one of America’s largest industries.

If the CO2 situation is really "desperately serious" and is leading us all to "oblivion" as the head of the UN claimed, how could the UN ever sanction the burning of large amounts of fossil fuel for something as frivolous as tourism? And if a potential tourist has the money to buy bogus carbon offsets, why not forestall oblivion both by buying the bogus offsets AND by not burning the fossil fuel?