Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.27.06 | 1:51 PM ET
It’s World Tourism Day, and to celebrate, Pope Benedict XVI told those gathered at St. Peter’s Square, including tourists, “I hope that tourism will increasingly promote dialogue and respect between cultures, thereby becoming an open door to peace and harmonious cohabitation.” Now that’s one papal statement we can get behind.
Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
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Hunter H. Cashdollar 09.28.06 | 11:06 AM ET
Yes, every traveler can get behind that, for sure. Hunter H. Cashdollar
Hunter H. Cashdollar 09.28.06 | 11:07 AM ET
I hope this Pope will continue to travel, while working to bring cultures together. Hunter H. Cashdollar
John R. 09.28.06 | 12:22 PM ET
Well, I guess it is up to tourists to promote peace and cross cultural understanding, because it is clear that religious leaders and politicians have completely failed.