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Ghana’s Ambassador to Spain presents Credentials to UNWTO Scribe
• The Ambassador presenting his credentials to the Secretary General, with them is the Director of Africa Department Elcia Grandcourt
Ghana’s newly appointed envoy to Spain, H.E. Muhammed Adam has presented his Letters of Credence to the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili. The Secretary-General on receiving the Ambassador said that “Ghana is determined to restart tourism around education, advancing coordination, empowering young people and promoting gastronomy tourism.” “You have our full support!” he assured. UNWTO’s Regional Director for Africa, Elcia Grandcourt
commenting stated that this is a time where the organisation needs to remain connected with its members more than ever before to ensure better coordination and cooperation as they work towards the recovery of the tourism sector. “It was a pleasure and refreshing to meet with H.E. Muhammad Adam, Ambassador of Ghana to Spain as he presented his credentials to the Secretary-General and also talk about the future of the sector. It was also an opportunity for him to share the initiatives that Ghana has been undetaking to restart their tourism sector,” she added.
Namibia set to host UNWTO Brand Africa Confab in June Namibia is set to hold Regional Conference on Tourism and Brand Africa in the second quarter of the year.
platform to look for new ways to make Africa a must visit destination and position it in the minds of travelers.
The Southern African country was initially pencilled to host the brand conference last year but was put on hold as a result of the Coronavirus.
Speaking on National TV, the UNWTO Boss said, "it was possible to restart tourism in a responsible way which will help protect livelihoods."
The Country’s capital of Windhoek will host Tourism Ministers, experts and stakeholders from 14-16 June 2021.
On his impression of the country, he said Namibia is open for tourism and was impressed with the protocols put in place at the port of entry as well as at major tourism establishments.
During his four-day state visit to Namibia in November 2020, the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili said, they are committed to holding the event in Namibia next year and in consultation with the Namibian Government will fix a date for the event. He added that, the conference will be an opportune
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The UNWTO Agenda for Africa identifies branding as a major area to help create a positive image of Africa as a tourism destination that supports the efforts of individual countries and companies, tells the many positive stories about Africa and make tourism a driver of development.
