12 Helsinki 1975 understandings — for the improvement of arrangements to provide consular services, including legal and consular assistance. They confirm that religious faiths, institutions and organizations, practising within the constitutional framework of the participating States, and their representatives can, in the field of their activities, have contacts and meetings among themselves and exchange information. (e) Improvement of Conditions for Tourism on an Individual or Collective Basis The participating States consider that tourism contributes to a fuller knowledge of the life, culture and history of other countries, to the growth of understanding among peoples, to the improvement of contacts and to the broader use of leisure. They intend to promote the development of tourism, on an individual or collective basis, and, in particular, they intend: • to promote visits to their respective countries by encouraging the provision of appropriate facilities and the simplification and expediting of necessary formalities relating to such visits; • to increase, on the basis of appropriate agreements or arrangements where necessary, cooperation in the development of tourism, in particular by considering bilaterally possible ways to increase information relating to travel to other countries and to the reception and service of tourists, and other related questions of mutual interest. (f) Meetings among Young People The participating States intend to further the development of contacts and exchanges among young people by encouraging: • increased exchanges and contacts on a short or long term basis among young people working, training or undergoing education through bilateral or multilateral agreements or regular programmes in all cases where it is possible; • study by their youth organizations of the question of possible agreements relating to frameworks of multilateral youth co-operation; • agreements or regular programmes relating to the organization of exchanges of students, of international youth seminars, of courses of professional training and foreign language study; • the further development of youth tourism and the provision to this end of appropriate facilities; • the development, where possible, of exchanges, contacts and co-operation on a bilateral or multilateral basis between their organizations which represent wide circles of young people working, training or undergoing education; • awareness among youth of the importance of developing mutual understanding and of strengthening friendly relations and confidence among peoples. (g) Sport In order to expand existing links and co-operation in the field of sport the participating States will encourage contacts and exchanges of this kind, including sports meetings and competitions of all sorts, on the basis of the established international rules, regulations and practice.