Bangkok--Oct 27--eTurbo news
After a colourful opening ceremony, during which Uganda's President Museveni gave a glowing tribute to ATA and their efforts to promote tourism to Africa, delegates got down to business without delay.
Cutting lunch short to start early, the afternoon business to business exchange session was again a full house situation, and delegates from ATA chapters in the US and Canada and local delegates from East Africa, such as Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda took measure of Uganda's tourism attractions, how to improve showcasing, presenting and marketing the destination in the key North American markets and discussing business linkages between US and East African travel and tour operators.
In today's proceedings more b2b is expected to feature in the morning, with presentations by key tourism stakeholders, before developments partners such as USAID, World Bank, UNDP and the European agencies of the EU and Germany present their work scope viz a viz tourism developments.
ATA President and Minister for Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources from Zambia, Hon. Kalifungwa, hosted the opening dinner at the Nile Hotel, inviting ATA members to Zambia in February 2005.
IITP will hold their 3rd African Peace Conference in Lusaka, but equally important was his mention of Zambia celebrating the 150th anniversary of the sighting of the Victoria Falls by Dr. Livingstone and the centenary celebration of Zambia's tourism capital Livingstone, the town named after the famous explorer
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