What is the theme of World Tourism Day 2026?

The correct answer is ONDC, the Open Network for Digital Commerce, with support from the International Centre for DPI Innovation and Advancement. The stack is meant to make India's tourism offerings easier to find, reach and trust: providers will be able to list themselves across participating platforms, backed by verified identities and supplier credentials, search and discovery, payments, ratings and a grievance redressal route. Options A, C and D are other digital public platforms, for payments, government procurement and document storage respectively, and none of them was named as the collaborating platform for this stack. The programme will be built with States, Union Territories and industry, and will be rolled out in phases with a pilot planned for January 2027, a date worth noting for the examination.

The correct answer is Dekho Apna Desh Campaign 2.0, launched as the National Mission for Alternative Destinations. Its purpose is to redistribute demand away from destinations carrying heavy footfall towards places that are travel-ready but less visited. The first set will be identified with States and Union Territories from hill and mountain locations, coastal and waterfront spots, heritage and cultural towns and regional pilgrimage centres, judged on distinct appeal, infrastructure, accommodation and the capacity to take more visitors sustainably. Bookable packages covering stay, transport, meals and local experiences will follow, promoted through a social media-first approach, with visitor data used to watch footfall against assessed carrying capacity. Options A, C and D name other tourism programmes and were not the mission launched on this occasion.

The correct answer is five. The ministry exchanged agreements with Airbnb India for homestay development and host skilling, with FlixBus India for destination promotion and responsible travel through intercity mobility, with Glance Digital Experience of the InMobi Group for digital tourism content and responsible visitor messaging, with Eicher Group Foundation for community-led heritage tourism in the Himalayan region, and with MakeMyTrip for promoting unexplored villages and authentic local shopping. All five are described as non-commercial, non-financial, non-binding and non-exclusive, so no money changes hands under them. Options A, B and D do not match the count of partnerships announced. The same event also saw a television campaign on Swachhta at pilgrimage and heritage sites and the release of India Tourism Statistics 2026. Aspirants should note the count together with the sector each partner covers, since a question may ask which company was tied to homestays, to intercity buses or to Himalayan heritage tourism.

The correct answer is El Salvador, which hosts the global observance of the day on 27 September for this edition. The host country changes from year to year, and the venue of the official observance is one of the facts most often asked about the day. Option A is wrong as a host, though India is holding a nationwide celebration of its own, with the central function at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi where the National Digital Tourism Stack and Dekho Apna Desh 2.0 are unveiled. Option B is a plausible distractor because the tourism body has long had its seat in Spain, but hosting the observance is a separate matter. Option D has no link with this edition. Aspirants should hold three things together for such questions: the date, the theme and the host country of the year.

The correct answer is Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism. The day falls on 27 September and the theme chosen for this edition asks how digital innovation and artificial intelligence can change the way destinations are planned, promoted, managed and experienced by travellers. The global observance is hosted by El Salvador. Option A, on green investments, names a concern of the tourism debate but is not the theme picked for this year. Option C, built around rural growth, echoes the kind of destination work India does through its own schemes, yet it is not the theme of the day either. Option D, on peace, is a slogan of an older kind and again does not match this edition. Candidates should tie the year to the exact wording of the theme, because question setters ask for the theme verbatim and place near misses among the options.