27th September : World Tourism Day

Tourism is one of the major determinant of a country's economy and development. Over the past few decades, tourism has been expanding rapidly due to a variety of factors, like advancement in Technology, boom in economy etc. Tourism has many sub categories under it for example, eco-tourism, educational tourism, sustainable tourism, religious tourism, medical tourism etc.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on 15th September 2017 at their 22nd UNWTO conference took a major step to improving sustainable tourism by declaring 27th September as World Tourism day and 2017 as International Year of Sustainable tourism for development.

Sustainable development means development of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations. 

Tourism in India , 2016

Tourism destinations of Indonesia, 2017 

27th June : Dublin Fire Brigade Anniversary

On 27th June, 2012  An Post has issued four 55c stamps to commemorate 150th Anniversary of  Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB).   The four stamps effectively portrayed the role of fire fighters in Premises, on Chemical fire spot, Road accidents and in Water rescue.  Nearly one million Irish people feel safe due to the fully trained paramedic fire fighters of Dublin.

Every year 27th June is celebrated as DFB  Anniversary Day.

I am very thankful to Mr. John of UK for this wonderful set of stamps.