What’s the purpose of Twinning, when it comes to small towns in the UK?

Question

For example the town i live is ‘Twinned’ with a random town in France, but there are many local towns twinned with other towns all over Europe beyond.

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Answer 1

Instead of learning about random cultures in school, kids get to learn about their twin town and exchange letters with kids who are learning about them.

But mostly, it’s just fun tourist publicity.