[cid:image001.png@01D80217.2EACF5A0] Dear Mountain Partnership members and friends, Please find below links related to the outreach for International Mountain Day 2021. More than 110 articles were published by major national and international news outlets. Over 6,600 tweets with the hashtag #MountainsMatter were delivered to more than 107 million Twitter timelines. During the period 10-17 December, over 50 multilingual posts were shared by FAO accounts receiving 800 mentions and reaching over 21 million accounts. In addition, two FAO Instagram Reels videos received over 128,000 views. [cid:image002.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] Editorial [cid:image003.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] We must rebuild more sustainable tourism in mountains for people and the planet<https://www.fao.org/international-mountain-day/2021-editorial> Joint editorial by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and World Tourism Organization Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili was published by several international news outlets, including El País<https://elpais.com/planeta-futuro/red-de-expertos/2021-12-11/debemos-reconstruir-un-turismo-mas-sostenible-en-las-montanas-para-las-personas-y-el-planeta.html>, Hindustan Times<https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-insight/economy/rebuild-more-sustainable-tourism-in-mountains-101639561092878.html>, Phnom Penh Post<https://www.phnompenhpost.com/opinion/rebuild-more-sustainable-tourism-mountains-people-and-planet> and The Jakarta Post (paper). [cid:image004.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] "Ethical craftmanship can save the guardians of the mountains"<https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/lartigianato-etico-puo-salvare-i-guardiani-delle-montagne_it_61b2f445e4b04ae319fd2ebf?utm_hp_ref=it-homepage> reporting on a collaboration between Stella Jean, newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador to the Mountain Partnership, and Topchu women's artisanal creations from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, published in Italian in the Huffington Post<https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/lartigianato-etico-puo-salvare-i-guardiani-delle-montagne_it_61b2f445e4b04ae319fd2ebf?utm_hp_ref=it-homepage>. News stories [cid:image005.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] FAO Director-General highlights importance of mountain tourism at Rome's Quirinale Palace<https://www.fao.org/director-general/news/news-article/en/c/1459516/> [cid:image006.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] Eco-travelling with mountain communities<https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1459007/?id=727/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=faoforestry> [cid:image007.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] Ethical fashion can transform lives in the world's mountains<https://www.fao.org/forestry/news/99584/en/> [cid:image008.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0] Expo 2020 Dubai: Bringing positive change to mountain people and global environments on International Mountain Day<https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/news/news-detail/en/c/1460016/> Photo contest [cid:image009.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0]<https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/events/imd-2021/en/> Over 390 photos were received from 66 countries for the mountain tourism photo contest<https://www.fao.org/international-mountain-day/photo-contest/en/>. Susheel Kumar Shrestha from Nepal (top left) won the photo contest in the adult category for his photo "Beautiful Nepal". Yifei Yan from China (right) won the photo contest in the youth category for her photo "Mt Assiniboine and Hind Hut", taken in Canada. Online celebration [cid:image010.jpg@01D80217.2EACF5A0]<https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/events/imd-2021/en/> An online event<https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/events/imd-2021/en/> was organized to celebrate the day which featured the launch of a new joint publication<https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb7884en> on the role of tourism in the sustainable development of mountain regions by FAO and UNWTO. Fashion designer Stella Jean and Tajik youth volunteer Dilshodbegim Khusravova were appointment Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassadors. 75 related events were organized on the day in 32 countries. 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