ICAO and the UNWTO call for speeding up of African air connectivity

Published on : Saturday, March 30, 2019

 

The call was made during the ICAO/UNWTO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa which ends on 29th March having started on Wednesday in Santa Maria, Sal Island, Cape Verde.

 

The Conference is in sync with the UN SDGs, for promoting dialogue between aviation sector players and governments on the continent for simplifying air travel on the continent.

 

Zimbabwe is being represented at the meeting by Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Prisca Mupfumira, Transport and Infrastructural Development Deputy Minister Fortune Chasi as well as officials from the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA).

 

The conference comes at a time when Zimbabwe is aiming to increase the country’s air connectivity as one of its pivotal plans to boost arrivals in the country which hit a record high in 2018.

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