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PRIME MINISTER OF TANZANIA TO GIVE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT IIPT 2nd AFRICAN CONFERENCE
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 IIPT announced today that
Rt. Hon. Frederick T. Sumaye, MP, Prime Minister of the
United Republic of Tanzania, will be the Keynote Speaker
at the Second IIPT African Conference on Peace through
Tourism being held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December
7-12, 2003. The conference is being organized by the International
Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) in partnership
with the Africa Travel Association (ATA) and
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA); and hosted by
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism,
Tanzania.
Theme of the Conference is
“Community Tourism – Gateway to Poverty
Reduction”
Through strong collaboration with our
partners and host, a very strong program has resulted
that includes the following keynote speakers:
•  Hon. Zakia Hamdani Meghji,
Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Republic of
Tanzania
• Dawid De Villiers, Deputy
Secretary General, World Tourism Organization
• Hon.
Valli Moosa, Minister of Environment and Tourism, South
Africa
• DeVilliers Botha, Executive Manager, South
African Operations, Southern Africa Development
Bank
• Sir Jayantilal "Andy" Chande, Rotary
Foundation Trustee and District Governor
• Dr. Asha
Rose Migiro, Tanzania Minister for Community
Development, Gender and Children
• H.E. Mr. Patrick
Kalifungwa, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural
Resources, Zambia
• Ian Christie, World Bank
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Hon. Valli Moosa |
De Villiers Botha |
Sir Jayantilal "Andy"
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Conference Aims
The aims of
the conference are two fold: to mobilize travel
and tourism – the world’s largest industry – as a
leading force for poverty reduction in Africa, and
secondly, to develop partnerships, implementation
strategies and action initiatives that contribute
to sustainable community development, peace and
poverty reduction.
The Conference will
showcase case studied of “Success Stories” and
models of “Best practice and develop concrete
action programs and pilot projects to facilitate
and nurture Sustainable Community Tourism
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Outcome
The
outcome of the Conference will be an “Action Agenda” – a
“21st Century Agenda for Peace through Tourism” with a
focus on implementation of strategic initiatives and
pilot projects that empower local communities to achieve
jobs with dignity and sustainable
futures.
Participants
The Conference
will bring together senior African executives from both
the public and private sectors of tourism, NGO’s, donor
agencies, educators, policy makers, leading-edge
practioners, entrepreneurs, future leaders of the
industry – and senior representatives of related sectors
including environment, culture, sport, and economic
development.
Government – Industry – Donor –
NGO Roundtable
A “center piece” of the conference
will be a Government – Industry – Donor – NGO Roundtable
to build consensus on a collaborative strategy in
mobilizing tourism as a dynamic and catalyzing force for
poverty reduction in Africa.
“Africa
100”
Recognizing that youth are our future, we
are seeking to identify an “Africa 100” – 100 young
persons who show promise of being future leaders of the
African travel and tourism industry. We continue to seek
donors for a fund to be used to provide scholarships for
worthy “Africa 100” future leaders who otherwise will
not be able to participate in the Conference. Persons or
organizations interested in making a contribution to an
“Africa 100” fund are invited to write iipt@together.net
or Tel +1-802 253-2658 in the
U.S.
Educators Forum
The Conference
will also feature an Educators Forum with a goal of
bringing together educators of Travel and Tourism from
colleges and universities throughout Africa to share
knowledge, experiences and ideas for future curricula
development and educational initiatives that contribute
to the aims of the Conference.
Investment
Forum
An investment forum will include
representatives of donor agencies outlining programs
available to investors and entrepreneurs for purposes of
sustainable tourism
development.
Background
The Second IIPT
African Conference builds on the foundations of two
Global Summits on Peace through Tourism (Amman, Jordan –
Nov. 2000; and Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 2003) and the
First IIPT African Conference, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Province, South Africa, March 2002).
Conference Venue and Official Hotel
The Golden Tulip Hotel, Dar es Salaam is the
venue and official hotel of the IIPT 2nd African
Conference. Special hotel rates have been negotiated.
For information on the Golden Tulip and other conference
hotels– please visit our website: http://www.iipt.org/ .
To Register
To Register, please visit
our website: http://www.iipt.org/
and complete the registration form.
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RCI TO BE MAJOR
SPONSOR OF 2ND IIPT AFRICAN
CONFERENCE
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 RCI, the worldwide
leader in vacation exchange and hospitality occupancy
and revenue solutions, has announced that it will be a
Gold Sponsor of the Second IIPT African Conference on
Peace Through Tourism. With this sponsorship, the company
also renewed its global corporate sponsorship of the International
Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) for 2004.
“The African continent is home
to some of the world’s great traditional tourism
destinations, many of which have been devastated by the
events of the past years that have caused tourism to
decline around the world,” said Ken May, president and
chief executive officer, RCI. “RCI has been a leader in
African vacations for many years, both domestic and
international, and we are committed to supporting the
efforts of IIPT to help restore tourism to Africa, which
can have enormous positive results for local communities
and people.”
RCI has been operating within Africa
for nearly 20 years. RCI’s Southern Africa region
services 220,000 member families and 174 affiliated
vacation ownership resorts.
“We have seen the
ability of tourism to create new jobs, build
infrastructure and help in the fight to eradicate
poverty within local communities,” said Ivor Clucas,
managing director, RCI Southern Africa. “Timeshare
owners take longer vacations, and spend more while on
vacation; in many markets, timeshare owners pay modest
real estate taxes which in aggregate can help fund
community education, while not adding students to the
local schools. Timeshare can be a force for helping to
restore tourism to Africa, and we’re proud to join with
IIPT and sponsor this conference to further these
goals.”
RCI is a global provider of value-added
services to businesses and consumers, and the global
leader in vacation property exchange and hospitality
occupancy and revenue solutions. As a growth partner to
its business clients, RCI leverages core competencies in
branding, networking and partnering to unlock the value
of leisure assets in vacation ownership, real estate,
hospitality, travel & tourism, and with affinities.
RCI is a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD), a
provider of travel and real estate
services.
Other Conference sponsors include the
Development Bank of Southern Africa DBSA, NorthStar
Media, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism,
Tanzania, Tanzania National Parks, Ngorogoro
Conservation Area Authority, Reed Travel Exhibitions,
World Travel Market, and eTurbo News.
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IIPT FEATURED CENTER STAGE AT WORLD TRAVEL
MARKET |
World Travel Market,
London, was the setting for an official launch of the
Second IIPT African Conference on Peace through Tourism,
focusing on "Community Tourism: Gateway to Poverty Reduction,"
scheduled for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December
7-12, 2003. The
 Among the speakers at the
IIPT presentation were from left: Ulrich Bunjes,
CEO, International Youth Hostel Federation; H.E.
Hassan Omar Gumbo Kibelloh, High Commissioner for
the United Republic of Tanzania To the Court of
St. James; His Excellency Akel Biltaji, Chief Commissioner,
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority; Michael Stolowitzky,
President & CEO, American Tourism Society; Louis
J. D'Amore, President & Founder, International
Institute for Peace through Tourism; Hon. M.D. Renée
Webb MP, JP, Minister of Tourism, Telecommunications
& E-Commerce Bermuda; Mr. Patrick O'Shea CTC,
representing Mike Spinelli, former President of
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announcement was made
in a center stage presentation on Opening Day, Monday,
November 10, 2003. Tom Nutley, Chairman, Reed Travel
Exhibitions, an IIPT sponsor, encouraged WTM delegates
"to join with all of us to support IIPT's message and
efforts to harness the immense potential of travel and
tourism to contribute to poverty reduction particularly
through an increased emphasis on community tourism..”
H.E. Hassan Omar Gumbo Kibelloh, High Commissioner
for the United Republic of TanzaniaTo the Court of St.
James, invited everyone to come to Dar es Salaam for the
conference and introduced a video on Cultural Tourism in
Tanzania.
H.E. Akel Biltaji, Host of the First
Global Summit on Peace through Tourism in Amman, Jordan,
and Master of Ceremony of the Second Global Summit in
Geneva earlier this year traced the progress and
achievements of IIPT over the past three years as a
foundation for the Action Agenda that will result from
the Tanzania Conference.
Hon. M.D. Renée Webb MP,
JP, Minister of Tourism, Telecommunications &
E-Commerce, Bermuda; Michael Stolowitzky, President
and CEO, American Tourism Society; and Ulrich Bunjes,
CEO, International Youth Hostel Federation each spoke of
their respective initiatives as IIPT partners in
contributing to a vision of “World Peace through World
Tourism.”
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CARIBBEAN YOUTH CONGRESS HELD
IN ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
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Thirteen high school students
between the ages of 14 and 17 represented their respective
countries as "Junior Ministers of Tourism" at the 3rd
Annual Caribbean Youth Congress sponsored by Travel +
Leisure magazine.
The annual Youth Congress is the Millennium
Project of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, launched
as a founding member of the IIPT Coalition of Partners
for ‘World Peace through World Tourism.’
The
students were challenged to discuss and suggest ways to
satisfy the needs of mature travelers in terms of
product offerings and experiences. They also debated and
made recommendations on the new skills and competencies
that tourism professionals need to possess to
successfully manage today's public and private sector
tourism entities.
The "Junior Ministers of
Tourism" will be incorporated into tourism events and
activities in their respective countries over a one year
period, and will act as young ambassadors and
spokespersons for tourism.
"The Tourism Youth
Congress was one of the highlights of CTC-26. The
students acted out their roles of Ministers and
Commissioners of Tourism admirably and dealt sensitively
and in depth with the topics," said Jean Holder, CTO's
Secretary General. "They made it clear that there is a
need to have Caribbean youth interested in tourism from
an early age. CTO is helping in that regard by staging
the Tourism Youth Congress," he added.
The 3rd
Annual CTO/Travel + Leisure Youth Congress, which
simulated a CTO Board of Directors meeting, was chaired
by last year's winner, Zahra Muhammad of Bermuda. The
Congress included the award of scholarships and laptop
computers contributed by the Naismith International
Basketball Foundation.
More than 30 international
organizations are members of the IIPT Coalition of
Partners for ‘World Peace through World Tourism’ – each
committed to a Millennium Project that contributes to
the vision of Tourism as the world’s first global peace
industry. The full list of Coalition Partners can be
viewed at http://www.iipt.org/ .
International organizations interested in becoming
members are invited to communicate with IIPT Founder and
President Louis D’Amore: ljd@iipt.org
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WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES GRADUATE
PROGRAM IN PEACE THROUGH TOURISM |
Wageningen University and
Research Centre (The Netherlands) has announced that its
graduate program is ready for a specialization in Peace
through Tourism through a combination of optional courses,
internships and thesis writing.
Community development, sustainability,
and poverty reduction are at the centre of the Peace
through Tourism philosophy. Mutual understanding,
integrity of creation, and justice contribute to this
worldview. Tourism can be important for social and
cultural development; can make people aware of the
beauty of nature, and its vulnerability. Tourism
certainly offers economic opportunities and employment.
The real art is to look for a balanced development
between the threats and opportunities of tourism, a
balance which can be characterized as sustainable
community-based tourism development that can bring
well-being and peace for the people involved, both hosts
and guests, stakeholders and visitors.
The M.Sc
program is characterized by an advanced, world-wide,
trans-disciplinary, critical and innovative approach
that is truly international and comparative. Through the
annual contribution of about 25 to 30 faculty members
from the global network of World Leisure and Tourism
experts and scholars, it brings together an
extraordinary broad range of academic experience. The
mission of the Masters Program is to bring students and
academics from all parts of the world together in a
multi-cultural setting.
To obtain more information
about the study program contact:
Dr.
J.W. te Kloeze
E-mail: jan.tekloeze@wur.nl
WL-WICE at Wageningen University and Research
Centre
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Mrs
M.M. Vries - de Heer
Head of
Office of Development, WICE-WL
E-mail: ria.vries@wur.nl
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