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4th IIPT African Conference on Peace through Tourism
20-25 May 2007
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Kampala, Uganda
Building Strategic Alliances Towards Sustainable Tourism
Development, Peace and Reconciliation on the African Continent
Conference Outcomes
The
4th IIPT African
Conference on Peace through Tourism, organized in
partnership with the Africa Travel Association
(ATA),
World Bank
Group and UN World Tourism Organization and United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP),
was hosted by Uganda - the Pearl of Africa. The Conference
outcomes include the following:
- His
Excellency President Museveni Proclamation of May 20 to May 26 as
“National Peace through Tourism Week”
- Uganda to
be first nation in the world to introduce Tourism Legislation in
support of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals;
- Launch of
Uganda Martyr’s Trail as legacy of the Conference;
- Dedication
of IIPT International Peace Park at Martyr’s Trail;
- Four Sister
Cities announced;
- Africa
Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT) to be launched in Uganda;
- Mira
Berman, recently retired Executive Director of Africa Travel
Association, recipient of first IIPT Lifetime Achievement Award
- Launch of
Graduate Level Peace through Tourism Program at WICE (World Leisure
Center of Excellence) Wageningen University in partnership with
IIPT;
- Partnering
of Makerere University with leading universities in Australia;
- IIPT
Scholarship Award announced to Inter-disciplinary team of students
writing the best paper on “Tourism Contribution to the UN Millennium
Development Goals.”
-
Student/Youth Leaders Africa Diaspora Heritage Trail Proposal;
- First
Africa Media Exchange;
- Successful
Training Workshops;
- Successful
Ministers Roundtables.
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