World Walking Day to be celebrated in Cambodia for the first time
On 1 October 2023 at 10am Cambodians will celebrate being active and join the most accessible and inclusive 24-hour relay around the globe.
Prey Veng City will join an expected 100 other countries in celebrating the TAFISA World Walking Day. Approximately 600 participants are expected to join the fun walk event around the Samdach Krolahom Sor Kheng Garden in Prey Veng.
This will be the first time that Cambodia will be part of the programme. In 2022, 88 countries from all continents joined the second edition of the TAFISA World Walking Day.
Launched in 1991, TAFISA 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. TAFISA World Walking Day is the most inclusive and accessible walk around the world.
Over the past three decades, millions of participants have taken part in 160 countries. In 2020, tens of thousands from 65 countries joined us on this new journey, from Antarctica to the westmost confines of the American continent, going through Oceania, Asia, Europe and Africa on the way.
The Governor of Prey Veng, H.E. Sourn Somalin accompanied by Member of Parliament H.E, Setycheat, who is also the organising chairman, will be leading the walk that would include participants from various organisations, schools, government agencies and sponsors. The National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia (NPCC) will also send participants from the disabled community for the event.
Infinity Sport are the event managers while the sponsors for the event includes Cambodia Post Bank, Ly Ly Food, Brandmug, CES-SYS, Malaysia Hut, HKB, Dulang Cafe and Foodies.