Sayari Dunia Sustainable Tourism Foundation (SDSTF), a climate action and sustainable tourism organisation in collaboration with the Ogun State Government Ministry of Culture and Tourism have announced the dates for the 3rd edition of Africa Tourism Day.

The 3-day event will hold from the 14-16th December, 2022 in the beautiful heritage city of Abeokuta.

Africa Tourism Day Conference and Expo which was rescheduled from November 24 – 26th to December 14 – 16th for plausible reasons, is a climate action and sustinable tourism event featuring 3 days of green, tourism, and trade conference and exhibition.

The event focusses on financing climate resilient sustainable tourism development and climate smart green jobs and opportunities towards a low carbon economy in Africa’s transition to net zero.

Africa Tourism Day Conference and Expo 2022 will also celebrate a continent of 1.3 billion people and their creative energies, 3,000 tribes, 55 countries with the largest, youth demography in the world.

A continent with a long, intriguing history of some of the world’s most phenomenal kingdoms, empires, and civilizations adorned with amazing natural and cultural wonders and diversities, with millions of species of flora and fauna; some of the world’s longest rivers, largest forests, and biggest lakes, and deserts.

The Ogun State Government, the Ogun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Sayari Dunia Sustainable Tourism Foundation, the non- profit arm of Desigo Tourism Development – the company which launched the initiative in 2020, and FM Company Ltd, hereby invites youths and youth groups, women and women groups and associations, culture and heritage afficionados, conservationists, green entrpreneurs, sustainability enthusiasts, and thought leaders, public and private sector actors, industry stakeholders in the tourism and hospitality value chain and the expanded tourism eco system, to meet at the convergence of Africans, Friends of Africa and the Diaspora at the AFRICA TOURISM DAY CONFERENCE & EXPO, ABEOKUTA 2022 first in-person edition.

Come and experience the Africa you thought you knew and the plateaus and rich heritage of the city of Abeokuta.

Plan to attend!

To register, please visit https://www.sayaridunia.org/africa-tourism-day-2022/

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Signed: Abigail Adesina Olagbaye, Founder Sayari Dunia Sustainable Tourism Foundation & Convener Africa Tourism Day. info@sayaridunia.org

Registration opens as Desigo Tourism Development and Facility Management Company Limited in collaboration with Lagos state government and African Tourism Board presents 2nd edition of Africa Tourism Day. The event debutted on the continent in 2020 with participation from 79 countries and 21 speakers from 11 countries. The 2021 edition will hold as an in person and virtual event in Lagos, Nigeria.

The 3 day event will hold from 25th – 27th November 2021 featuring youth parade, trainings, exhibition,conference sessions, keynotes, cultural performances Food and Fashion show, tourism pageant, awards and tours.

To register, exhibit, advertise, sponsor or speak at the event, please click on www.africatourismday.org

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Following the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Desigo Tourism Development and Facility Management Company Limited, African Tourism Board has been appointed as an INSTITUTIONAL PATRON for the annual flagship Africa Tourism Day event. Desigo Tourism Development and Facility Management Company Limited, a Destination Management Company with core service delivery in Integrated Destination Management and Sustainable Tourism Development indicated that the appointment of the pan- African tourism organisation was to celebrate and consolidate on the identified values and objectives of the organisation and that of Africa Tourism Day.

Africa Tourism Day is organised annually by Desigo Tourism Development and Facility Management Company Limited in collaboration with its partners globally. African Tourism Board has been a partner from the inception of the celebrated event since its inaugural edition in 2020.

Plans are in top gear to hold the 2nd edition in 2021 on November 25th- 27th in Lagos and in collaboration with Lagos state government through the Ministry of Arts Culture and Tourism.

The Chairman of Africa Tourism Board Cuthbert Ncube, said it was a great honor to be so appointed where concerted efforts will further spotlight and position the African continent positively moreso as Africans to look inwards and reach for the treasures of our resources and our people to catalyze investment, business and tourism opportunities on the continent.

The Managing Director, Abigail Olagbaye MITPN posited that the appointment would be mutually beneficial especially in the drive to actualise the AU Agenda 2063 for a prosperous Africa!

The maiden Africa Tourism Day will be held virtually on the 26th of November 2020. The Africa Tourism Day is a newly created annual event which will be hosted rotationally amongst African countries or group of countries. The Africa Tourism Day will also feature a number of scintillating side events, including Photo Contest and Tree-Planting exercise which commenced on the 1st of November and culminates on the 24th of November 2020 with the theme Pandemic to Prosperity for Posterity.

The idea of an Africa Tourism Day was conceived to celebrate the continent’s Tourism and allied industry with the aim of inspiring Africans, and the Diaspora, to collectively reflect and celebrate the diversity and rich cultural heritage of the continent. The African tourism industry has over the years positively impacted on jobs creation, revenue generation, improved conservation efforts, cultural preservation, and significant addition to the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP). 

“The overriding objective of this inaugural Africa Tourism Day 2020 is for Africans to celebrate their abundant cultural and natural tourism endowments. The Day is equally conceived to draw global attention on African tourism developmental challenges, resultant of post Covid-19 pandemic, and to proffer actionable solutions to them”. said Abigail Olagbaye,the event organiser.

Olagbaye, who initiated the idea explained further, “International travel restrictions imposed by countries in the height of the Covid-19 outbreak is adversely affecting Africa’s tourism destinations and host communities. We are witnessing an unprecedented loss of jobs and revenue to operators and government at levels never seen before in Africa’s tourism industry. Tourism in Africa needs more attention from the international community to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on Africans.”

The announcement of the Africa Tourism Day event has been well received by leading tourism stakeholders, operators and government officials in the continent. It is perceived that the initiative will further project Africa as the continent of choice for long-haul visitors and also foster intra-Africa tourism ventures. Participation in the online celebration of the Africa Tourism Day 2020 is free, upon registration on the event website.

“There is a huge significance of having this celebrations and discussions at this time preceding the Launch of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area in January 2021. As the AfCFTA sets off to herald a historical movement of trade and capital, skills, expertise, equipment, and more across the continent, we must examine the roles and impact of this on tourism. Indeed, both trade and tourism should be complimentary even as there is a greater advocacy for intra regional travel and for domestic tourism in Africa.” she submitted.

Africa Tourism Day 2020 which was launched on the 1st of November with tree planting by Olagbaye and host of other dignitaries is being organised by Desigo Company – led by Ambassador Abigail Olagbaye, a Nigerian Tourism Development Consultant – working in partnership with African Tourism Board and selected high-networth delegation and professionals drawn from across African tourism private sector.

Source: Kaloafricamedia.com