Three foreign ministers to attend 2017 Bantaba tourism event

Three foreign ministers are expected at this year’s Port Harcourt Bantaba, a travel and tourism speed dating event that was first held on Abuja in 2011. The Ministers are Timothy McPherson, Finance Minister of Acompong, Jamaica, Walter Mzembi, Tourism Minister for Zimbabwe and Alain St Ange, Tourism Minister for Seychelles. A statement from the organizers […]

Three foreign ministers are expected at this year’s Port Harcourt Bantaba, a travel and tourism speed dating event that was first held on Abuja in 2011.

The Ministers are Timothy McPherson, Finance Minister of Acompong, Jamaica, Walter Mzembi, Tourism Minister for Zimbabwe and Alain St Ange, Tourism Minister for Seychelles.

A statement from the organizers said event would be returning after two years of absence but with a shift from its traditional Abuja location to the Garden City of Port Harcourt.

While Syechelles and Acompong will be making a maiden appearance at the event, same cannot be said about Zimbabwe as they were well represented by the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Zimbabwe, Annastacia Ndlouv at last year’s 12th Akwaaba Travel Market, held in Lagos.

In Zimbabwe, tourism is recognised in successive economic blueprints as an economic pillar and it is under the Value Addition and Beneficiation Cluster of ZIMASSET.

Other experts who would be speaking this year include Mr. Damian Cook from East Africa.

It will cover topics such as e-Tourism in Theory and Practice, e-Marketing Strategy, Web Design, Content and Management, Analytics and Conversion Optimisation, among others.