By Tendai Guvamombe
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) – As the tourism sector continues to gather momentum in positioning the national tourism on a global scale it has been established that more still needs to be done in ensuring hospitality of tourists coming either on personal capacity or business adventure.
Speaking at the fundraising dinner for Africa Conference of Catholics Sisters (AACSS) Regional Meeting held last Friday in the Capital, Environment, Tourism and Hospitality industry Hon Prisca Mupfumira reiterated that the highly anticipated event which is set to be attended by more than 200 Catholic sisters will also be a show cased opportunity to market Zimbabwe as a tourist destination and networking purposes.
“Let me start by congratulating our Zimbabwean Catholic Sisters for offering to host this notable event which is set to attract over 200 Sisters from Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria, Cameroon and the United States of America.”
“My Ministry appreciates such determination to bid to be host of such conferences. The hosting of such events not only profiles our destination as a Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) destination but creates a platform for networking and knowledge sharing.”
The Tourism Ministry has thrown its weight behind the Catholic Conference to be a successful religious tourism event which is expected to reck in at least USD 70 000 during the three day stay in the country.
According to Chairperson of the organizing committee Sister Tarisai Zata AACSS Conference is a religious forum in which women from countries such as Malawi, USA, Cameroon, Zambia, among other converge in a networking format to galvanize various issues ranging from empowerment, religious explorations and looking into the aspects of mitigating HIV & AIDS pandemic disease.
“ The event will attract women from various parts of the world to discuss various issues of importance such as women empowerment, religious networking and collobaration, finding attractive ways to encounter HIV and AIDS pandemic in our area of work and living.”
As the count down to the conference drew closer the organizing committee of All Africa Sister to Sister is working round the clock to put in place everything needed for the incoming guests therefore they continues to extend their quest for donations in kind from both individuals and the corporate world.
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