Tourists visit the Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx, in Giza, Egypt, on World Tourism Day 27 September 2022.  Egypt has opened its museums and archaeological sites for free visits on the occasion of World Tourism Day and the 200th anniversary of Egyptology.  The United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) celebrates World Tourism Day since 1980 with this year's theme being 'Rethinking Tourism' aimed at putting people at the center of key discussions on where Tourism was going.  'Tourism is one of the world’s most important economic sectors.  It employs one in every ten people on Earth and provides livelihoods to hundreds of millions more.  For some countries, it can represent over 20 percent of their GDP', the UNWTO says on their website.   EPA / KHALED ELFIQI

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Updated: September 28, 2022, 8:34 AM