At least 3,000 participants are expected to take part in the World Walking Day programme tomorrow morning in Kg Cham.
The World Walking Day is a campaign initiated by The Association For International Sports for All (TAFISA), to celebrate being active and join the most accessible and inclusive 24-hour relay around the globe.
Kg Cham Province, Cambodia, will join an expected 100 other countries in celebrating the World Walking Day. Participants will take part in a 5km walk starting at the Independence Square.
Minister of Tourism H.E. Huot Hak is expected to join the Governor of Kg Cham H.E. Un Chanda to walk together with the participants.
This will be the second time that Cambodia will be part of the global programme. The World Walking Day was first celebrated in Cambodia at Prey Veng in 2023.
Launched in 1991, World Walking Day has provided a simple and fun way to be physically active and celebrate Sport for All against the global crisis of physical inactivity. Over three decades, millions of people hailing from over a hundred and sixty countries have made a habit of walking together on the first Sunday of October, turning it into “World Walking Day”.
In 2020, as the world faced a global pandemic disrupting our societies, grassroots sports and health systems, and governments worldwide, the world needed to come together and show that the Global Sport for All Movement could stand strong and united during trying times.
Thus was born the idea of TAFISA World Walking Day – 24 Hours Around the Globe, the most inclusive and accessible 24-hour relay around the world.
The World Walking Day is being organized under the auspices of the Kg Cham Province and the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Cambodia Chapter) and Infinity Sports.
Apart from the walk, arrangements will also be made for participants to take part in a number of traditional sports. There will also be other activities including cooking classes. Fencing Federation of Cambodia will also donate 1,000 books to children as part of their campaign.
