VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE
14– 16 MAY 2018

The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe is organizing the First Ordinary Session of the Sub-Committee on Tourism of the Specialised Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIET), scheduled from 14 to 16 May, 2018 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

The Sub-Committee on Tourism will address the key challenges facing the tourism industry in Africa with a view to developing appropriate tourism strategies that are well-aligned to the AU Agenda 2063. The main objective of the First Ordinary Session of the Sub-Committee on Tourism, therefore, is to review the status of implementation of the 2017 Lomé Plan of Action for Tourism with a view to identifying achievements, challenges and charting the way forward for the realization of established goals.

The Sub-Committee session will involve a preceding two-days meeting of experts, and a Ministerial Session on the last day. It will be attended by (1) Ministers of Tourism from the AU Member States; (2) Senior Tourism Officials/Experts; (3) Regional Tourism Organizations; (4) Private Sector; (5) Development Partners; (6) Academia and Civil Society organizations.

More information on the logistic aspects and the format of the meeting will be communicated to you soon.

For more information, please contact Ms. Martha Yitayew, E-mail: MarthaY@africa-union.org; Tel.: +251115182429; Fax: +251115182450.