An interactive ambience creating system comprising a touch sensitive globe configured to generate a signal representing a geographical region based on touch by a user, an information processing unit configured to receive the generated signal and obtain information corresponding to the touched geographical region and a control unit configured to adapt at least one output device in accordance with the obtained information to create an ambience corresponding to the touched geographical region is disclosed. The disclosed system can be used in controlling the atmosphere preferably in a hotel context where language and/or mental models may differ between guests from different cultures.