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Abdullah II to strengthen and expand King Hussein
s Legacy of peace; and to the Government and
people of Jordan, for their hospitality and support and their generous contributions to the success of the
conference.
...and
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the IIPT for giving scope to the vision of peace through tourism and for its
untiring effort toward that end, and to the title sponsor and other sponsors and contributors, for
advancing the cause of Peace through Tourism.
...and
commend
the declaration by the United Nations of the International Year for the Culture
of Peace (2000) and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children
of the World (2001
welcome
-
2010).
ourselves to the realization of the goals and objectives as enshrined in the United
Nations Declaration of Program of Action on a Culture of Peace through our activities and initiatives.
...and
commit
Adopted at Amman November 11, 2000
May Peace prevail on Earth
continue to be offered at destinations around the
world and address critical tourism issues such as peace, culture, environment, poverty reduction,
and sustainable tourism. These have included a number of African and Regional conferences from
2001-2011.
The IIPT is a nonpro
t organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives that
contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the
preservation of heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and
sustainable world. It is based on a vision of the world
Conferences on
''
Peace Through Tourism
''
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is largest industry, travel and tourism, becoming
the world
s
first global peace industry and the belief that every traveler is potentially an ambassador
for peace. Visit the IIPT Web site at
www.iipt.org
.
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A Philosophy of Tourism and Peace
Great leaders in many
fields have extolled the social bene
ts to humanity that result from travel.
Travel is one of the noblest human occupations. In 550
B
.
C
.
E
. the famous Greek statesman Solon
recommended that we travel
To see is to increase understanding and appreciation of
other peoples, other cultures, and other lands. Jason, leader of the Argonauts
''
in order to see.
''
—
those incessant sailors
in Greek mythology who were searching for the Golden Fleece
—
said,
''
The essential thing is not to live,
the essential thing is to navigate.
''
Marco Polo became a prince of merchants, papal envoy, governor of a Chinese city, favorite of
Kublai Khan, master of exotic languages, war correspondent, and the
first travel writer. His book
describing his adventures, written in 1298
C
.
E
., established the
first bond between East and West. Polo
was wonderstruck at splendors that he saw and of which he heard. During the Renaissance, his book
was the chief and almost the sole Western source of information on the East.
This brief dip into history and mythology has but one purpose: to emphasize that travel—and
written accounts of it in later years
has often done more to create bonds and mutual understanding
between various peoples of the world than any other single force throughout civilization
—
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s long
existence.
There
s no better way in which to gain a panoramic view of civilization than making a trip around
the world. Being a guest for dinner is probably the best way to sense the unity that exists among
peoples throughout the world. Here, people joined by blood or friendly spirit gather to break bread
under the same roof. A few examples might include a dinner with a Japanese family, marveling at the
swift movement of chopsticks gracefully picking rice from small snow-white porcelain bowls. Or a
meal with Thais in the
floating markets of Bangkok, where sampans loaded with pyramids of tropical
fruits, vegetables, and
fish ply the klongs (canals) in search of buyers. With Arabs in Tunisia, it may be
having a delicious lunch in the shade of a tent out on the Sahara desert, in a landscape of stark, wild
beauty, enriched by the lively warm hospitality of these friendly people.
'
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