Zimbabwean Tourism Minister Engineer Walter Mzembi and his counterpart Zambian Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo will this month be honoured with the prestigious African Legend Award for 2013 for organising the best-ever 20th Session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly.
The awards ceremony will take place in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 27 to 29.
It was the first time that the UNWTO General Assembly was held in Southern Africa and the second time on the African after Senegal hosted it in 2007.
According to the latest edition of the African Travel Quarterly (ATQ) News, Mzembi and Masebo will be honoured at the African Travel 2013 Awards for organising and co-chairing the best UNWTO congress ever, with attendance from more than 120 countries.
The General Assembly was declared the best attended in the history of the organisation with a record 900 delegates from the media fraternity, 121 full delegates from member states, 140 delegates from all over the world,49 foreign ministers and 750 other delegates.
Also Mrs Anita Baptist of Nitaconsult Ghana a world class Travel consultant will receive the Balafon Award of excellence along with Movie maker Amaka Igwe of Nigeria credited with introducing destination promotion into Nollywood movies through the training of movie makers on the Tourism impact of movies.
Previously, the African Legend awards were given to first female pilots, past Heads of State and pioneers in Africa.
Past recipients of the award include former President of Gambia Dawda Jawara, Danny Jordaan, the chief executive officer of South Africa’s 2010 World Cup local organising committee, Irene Mutungi, the first lady airline captain in Africa, Desta Zeru, the first African to captain a B787, and a host of other pioneers in Africa.
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