adminIn an interview yesterday on the sidelines of the African Tourism Association (ATA) congress in Victoria Falls yesterday, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Engineer Walter Mzembi, said the UN through the United Nations World Tourism Organisation will officially confer the status on the two presidents at a function in the resort town next week.
He said the function would be officiated by the UNWTO secretary-general, Mr Talib Rifai.
“The two presidents will sign the golden book of tourism, which is exclusively signed by Heads of State and Government who host the UNWTO. The signing will take place on no man’s land on the legendary Victoria Falls Bridge on May 28,” said Eng Mzembi.
He said the two leaders had shown that tourism was critical to the development of Africa by identifying it among the four pillars of economic development in their countries.
“It is this recognition that has made UNWTO confer this status to them,” said Eng Mzembi.
He said the two presidents would append their signatures to a Memorandum of Understanding on the co-hosting of the UNWTO.
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