Two Essential Roles, One Ecosystem
Your Cultural Travel Experience
Your Passport to the World is your opportunity to discover the world in New York City.
Meet cultures, taste traditions, hear music, see performances, visit pavilions, collect memories, receive offers, and discover cities you may one day visit.
Throughout New York City — Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island where Celebration activities are activated — your Passport to the World guides you through national pavilions, performances, merchants, sponsor activations, tourism presentations, and special offers. Only the International Cultures–Immigrants Parade is on Avenue of the Americas.
The Economic Engine of the Celebration
Passport to the World turns participation into measurable opportunity.
Every pavilion visit, sponsor engagement, merchant offer, tourism interest, education lead, and business connection can become part of the city's post-event opportunity record.
The Passport to the World digital card — QR-enabled and check-in ready — records each step, creating the measurable economic trail for cities, sponsors, governments, and organizations long after the Celebration week ends.
How Passport to the World Works Throughout New York City
Passport to the World is activated throughout NYC — Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island where Celebration activities are activated. Only the International Cultures–Immigrants Parade is on Avenue of the Americas.
Activate Your Passport to the World
Activate your Passport to the World digital card at participating pavilion venues — on mobile, card, or QR — becoming a registered traveler participant in the ecosystem.
Journey Throughout NYC
Visit national pavilions, cultural experiences, performances, and sponsor activations at participating venues across Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island.
Engage Merchants & Receive Souvenirs
Check-ins, merchant visits, and sponsor offers are recorded. Sponsors, tourism boards, and pavilions are encouraged to provide souvenirs, gifts, cultural items, samples, and visitor incentives — people like to leave with something tangible.
Tourism, Education & Business Interests
Express interest in tourism, education programs, business connections, or diaspora initiatives — captured in your participation record for the city to follow up after the Celebration.
MundusPASS Benefits Inside Pavilions
MundusPASS discounts and special offers are activated inside Passport to the World pavilion experiences wherever possible, encouraging real use during the Celebration.
Around-the-World Travel Prizes
Each Nation's Representing City provides two around-the-world travel tickets as prizes (or equivalent international travel-experience awards) for certified Passport to the World traveler participants who complete qualifying pavilion visits — increasing pavilion participation and giving the city a powerful promotional tool.
The Parade — Avenue of the Americas
Only the International Cultures–Immigrants Parade is on Avenue of the Americas. Pavilions and Passport to the World experiences are throughout NYC.
Post-Event Opportunity Record
After the Celebration, each city, sponsor, and tourism board receives a participation record — engagement counts, interest categories, qualified follow-up opportunities — that continues to deliver value year-round.
The Passport to the World Digital Card
The Passport to the World digital card is your QR-enabled check-in and record tool. It records each pavilion visit, merchant offer, sponsor engagement, tourism interest, education lead, and business connection — building your personal Passport to the World record. The experience itself is real, human, and citywide. The card is the technology that records and rewards your journey.
- QR-enabled check-in at every participating pavilion
- Personal record of your cultural travel experience
- Eligibility for around-the-world travel ticket drawings (qualifying pavilion visits required)
- Access to MundusPASS discounts and special offers
- Connection to S.E.E.D. organizations and member benefits
- Post-event follow-up opportunities — tourism, education, business
Your unique Passport to the World number. Use it at every pavilion check-in to build your participation record.
Join Now for Lifetime Free Membership
Early individual participants may be invited to join the ecosystem with lifetime free membership benefits, receive MundusPASS access, and participate in Passport to the World opportunities as the system is activated.
"Public Voting helps demonstrate national, diaspora, and international enthusiasm. Final recognition of the winning city remains subject to qualification review and official national approval."
Voter identity verified by email or phone — one verified vote per individual per country.
Early individual participants may be invited to join the ecosystem with lifetime free membership benefits and MundusPASS access.
Discounts, special offers, merchant network access, and member-only benefits activated during and after the Celebration.
Local organizations can join S.E.E.D. and mobilize their communities to vote, participate, and build sustainable income.
From Personal Experience to Public Cultural Celebration
Country Stars help transform Passport to the World from an individual experience into a public cultural celebration. They promote Passport to the World as their city's cultural travel invitation to the world, and they encourage traveler participants to discover the cities, pavilions, performances, merchants, tourism opportunities, and Celebration experiences associated with their nation. Their appearances during Celebration week and at the International Cultures–Immigrants Parade amplify visibility and emotional power for the entire Passport to the World experience.
For socio-cultural organization leaders, immigrant organization leaders, diaspora organization leaders, civic and community organization leaders, cultural federations, ethnic and multicultural media leaders, the Cultures Celebration International Ecosystem connects public cultural participation with Economic Empowerment through S.E.E.D., Passport to the World, MundusPASS, member engagement, merchant participation, and sustainable income opportunities. Passport to the World is the cultural travel experience and economic engine of the Celebration, powered by MundusPASS.
Indigenous, Native & Ancestral Communities. The Celebration recognizes that many nations are home to multiple Indigenous, native, ancestral, regional, linguistic, and cultural communities. Participation honors not only national identity, but also the living cultures, languages, histories, knowledge systems, and contributions of Indigenous peoples, Native American communities, tribal nations, ancestral cultural communities, first peoples, and native peoples from cultures around the world — as living communities, not as folklore. Passport to the World pavilions can include Indigenous, Native, and ancestral cultural representation alongside national presentations.
Schools, Universities & Cultural Departments. For elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, secondary education institutions, colleges, universities, cultural departments, language departments, student organizations, professors, and teachers, the International Cultures Celebration offers a living public classroom where students can experience world cultures, Indigenous traditions, immigrant communities, national pavilions, cultural diplomacy, tourism, language, food, performance, history, and intercultural dialogue — in New York City and through future National City Cultures Celebrations. University cultural departments and programs focused on Spanish, Latin American, Muslim, Islamic, Arab, Middle Eastern, African, Asian, Caribbean, Indigenous, European, and other world cultures are warmly invited to participate.
Foreign Residents & Native-Born Cultural Learners. The Celebration also welcomes foreign residents living away from their native land and native-born residents who want to learn about foreign cultures, understand their neighbors, reduce prejudice, and participate in a more informed multicultural society.
Passport to the World — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Passport to the World?
Passport to the World is your cultural travel experience — a way to discover nations, cities, traditions, performances, food, merchants, gifts, tourism opportunities, and people throughout New York City. It is also the economic engine of the Celebration: every pavilion visit, sponsor engagement, merchant offer, tourism interest, and business connection becomes part of each participating city's post-event opportunity record.
Where does Passport to the World happen?
Passport to the World guides traveler participants through national pavilions, cultural experiences, merchants, sponsor activations, performances, tourism presentations, and special offers throughout New York City, including Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island where Celebration activities are activated. Only the International Cultures–Immigrants Parade is on Avenue of the Americas — pavilions and Passport to the World experiences are throughout NYC.
What is the Passport to the World digital card?
The Passport to the World digital card is your check-in and record tool: a QR-enabled digital card that lets you check in at national pavilions, collect cultural experiences, receive merchant offers, access MundusPASS benefits, and build your personal record across the Celebration. The experience itself is real, human, and citywide. The card is the technology that records and rewards your journey.
Who is Passport to the World for?
Two audiences. For traveler participants, it is your opportunity to discover the world in New York City — meet cultures, taste traditions, hear music, see performances, visit pavilions, collect memories, receive offers, and discover cities you may one day visit. For cities, sponsors, governments, merchants, and organizations, it turns participation into measurable opportunity — pavilion visits, sponsor engagement, merchant offers, tourism interests, education leads, and business connections in each city's post-event opportunity record.
What about around-the-world travel prizes?
As part of National City Showcase participation, each Nation's Representing City provides two around-the-world travel tickets as prizes for certified Passport to the World traveler participants who complete qualifying pavilion visits. This creates excitement for visitors, increases participation at national pavilions, and gives the Nation's Representing City a powerful promotional tool.
How does Passport to the World relate to Country Stars?
Country Stars help transform Passport to the World from an individual experience into a public cultural celebration. They promote Passport to the World as their city's cultural travel invitation to the world, and they encourage traveler participants to discover the cities, pavilions, performances, merchants, tourism opportunities, and Celebration experiences associated with their nation.
Is there a fee to become a traveler participant?
For the 2027 founding cycle, traveler participant registration is free. Early individual participants may be invited to join the ecosystem with lifetime free membership benefits, receive MundusPASS access, and participate in Passport to the World opportunities as the system is activated.
How does Public Voting connect to Passport to the World?
Passport to the World supports the Public Voting process for city selection. Voters who participate are invited to register as Passport to the World traveler participants and access MundusPASS member benefits, local merchant offers, and Celebration experiences regardless of which city is selected.
A Cultural Journey Through 190+ Nations
Each Passport to the World traveler participant journeys through pavilions, performances, cuisine, Country Star appearances, merchant offers, and souvenirs throughout New York City — and the International Cultures–Immigrants Parade on Avenue of the Americas.
