Date: 03 Mar 2000
Time: 09:15:51
Remote Name: 156.29.145.175
Tehran, feb. 29, irna -- the madrid-based world tourism organization has assigned iran as the host for holding the world tourism day event in 2001, the public relations office of iran's tourism organization announced here monday. the assignment took place following the united nations' unanimous approval of the naming of the year 2001 as the year of dialog among civilizations based on president khatami's proposal. the world tourism organization has also declared the motto of tourism in the year 2001 as `tourism, means of achieving peace and holding dialog among civilizations.' the world tourism day event is to be held on september 27, 2001.