YES, WE’RE HOSTING UN TOURISM AFRICA

Latwell Nyangu

ZIMBABWE has been chosen to host the United Nations Tourism Africa Gastronomy Forum, the first on the African continent, in July this year.

The forum will be held from July 26 to 28 in Victoria Falls.

It comes in the wake of an exceptional exhibition of the country’s culture and cuisine by a Zimbabwean delegation at a similar forum in Spain in October last year

Speaking during the post-cabinet briefing, Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere said:

“Zimbabwe was chosen to host the Forum in the wake of an exceptional exhibition of the country’s culture and cuisine by a Zimbabwean delegation at a similar Forum held in Spain in October 2023.

“Zimbabwe received 100 scholarships from UN Tourism, during the Forum in Spain, targeting Zimbabwean beneficiaries.

“The scholarships have all been taken up by students in Culinary Departments and schools across Zimbabwe.

“All the country’s ten provinces benefitted from the scholarships.”

He added:

“The government is in the process of establishing a Gastronomy Tourism Academy in Victoria Falls to serve Zimbabwe and the whole of Africa.

“The prestigious event in Victoria Falls will further validate President Mnangagwa’s untiring efforts to establish our country as a global leader in Heritage-based Tourism and Hospitality,” he said.