This year’s World Tourism Day: connecting peace, forest and reading

The Slovenia Forest Service organised this year’s main World Tourism Day celebration in collaboration with the Tourist Association of Slovenia, the Forestry Library (of the Slovenian Forestry Institute) and the SIAE. These institutions aimed to invite everyone to read in the forest and to raise awareness about the importance of reading for individuals and society. It is essential to encourage all generations to read for pleasure, to connect over books and to bring books into public spaces.

Forests have a beneficial impact on the entire environment and population; they are also an important renewable source of energy and raw materials. Forest tourism offers an innovative, sustainable approach with significant development potential in Slovenia. This event was part of the National Reading Promotion Campaign (NMSB), whose central theme this year focuses on reading in public spaces.

More in the SIAE Newsletter here.