Online Reporter
George Maponga in Masvingo
MASVINGO province will next year host the 19th edition of Hlanganani/Sanganai World Tourism Expo.
This year, the tourism fete is set for Manicaland from September 10 to 12, marking the first time the expo is being held outside Bulawayo or Harare.
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Babra Rwodzi announced that Masvingo as the host of the 2026 edition of the tourism extravaganza during an engagement in the city recently.
“Next year( 2026)Hlanganani/Sanganai World Tourism Expo is coming to Masvingo and this is part of the devolution initiative being pursued by our President Cde Dr ED Mnangagwa’s Government, where major national events are being taken to different parts of the country,” said Minister Rwodzi.
The Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister challenged Masvingo province to take advantage of premier tourism events like Hlanganani/Sanganai to put itself on the tourism map and stimulate socio-economic growth in line with Vision 2030.
Minister Rwodzi noted that Masvingo province stands to accrue many tourism takeaways from world-acclaimed spectacles such as the Hlanganani/Sanganai expo.
The province boasts of the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site, which headlines tourist attraction sites that include Lake Mutirikwi, Tugwi-Mukosi Dam and Gonarezhou National Park in the south-eastern Lowveld.
The annual Hlanganani/Sanganai expo is highly anticipated and attracts visitors from across the globe.
It is a collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA).
