The tourism industry is dynamic; skill gaps are continuously identified in hard and soft skills. Based on this and to bridge the skills gap, ATLF 2023 is set to deliver a bespoke intra-Africa Tourism Entrepreneurship and Women in Tourism Masterclass on the 3rd of October 2023. The masterclass will be a precursor to the ATLF and Awards 2023. It is dedicated to up-skilling, re-skilling, and empowering tourism stakeholders. The main forum will run from 4 to 6 October 2023 in Gaborone, Botswana.
Over 500 physical delegates, including the media and hosted buyers from across the globe, will converge from 03 to 06 October at the Gaborone International Convention Centre, Grand Palm, Botswana for the 6th Annual African Tourism Leadership Forum and Awards.
ATLF is an intra-Africa travel and tourism platform that offers opportunities for marketing, sales, business development and networking in professional and personalised settings for suppliers (accommodation, travel trade and service providers) to do business with travel trade (DMCs, tour operators, travel agents, online travel agents (OTAs) in structured and business environment). Exhibition, business exchange, destination showcase and networking sessions will be running concurrently as key components of the Forum.
Among the speaker line-up are Hon. Heather Sibungo, Deputy Minister: Environment, Tourism and Forestry, Nambia; Hamza Farooqui – Founder and CEO of Millat Investments, South Africa; Samantha Muna, Co-founder and Director of Business Development, Trianum Hospitality, Kenya; Kenneth Agyapong, COO & Co-founder, AfroFuture, Ghana; Sandile Chipunza – Manager External Affairs & Sustainability, AME Regional Business Development IATA, South Africa, Ben Anane-Nsiah – Deputy CEO, Ghana Tourism Authority, Alan Renaud, Principal Secretary, Department of Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, Ministry of Transport, Seychelles, Dr. Bao Mosinyi – CEO, Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana.
Space is available to register for physical attendance, one-on-one B2B sessions, desk-top exhibitions and destination showcases.
About Africa Tourism Partners
African Tourism Partners (ATP) – is a UNWTO-affiliated award-winning Pan-African tourism development and strategic destination marketing advisory firm. The firm specialises in tourism and MICE strategy formulation, investment facilitation and promotion, research, master planning, destination market development and capacity building across Africa’s travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation and golf sub-industries.
Our clients and partners include but are not limited to UNWTO, World Bank, Mastercard Foundation, NEPAD, AfCFTA, South African Tourism, Ghana Tourism Authority, Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, Rwanda Development Board, Rwanda Convention Bureau, Rwanda Chamber of Commerce, SAACI, RwandAir, SAA, Ethiopia Airlines, Tanzania Tourism Board, Kenya Tourism Board, Uganda Tourism Board, Gauteng Tourism Authority, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Tourism Business Council of South Africa, Nigeria and more.
About UNWTO
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency that promotes responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible tourism. As the leading international organisation in tourism, UNWTO promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development, and environmental sustainability. It also offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.
About AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free trade area encompassing most of Africa. It was established in 2018 by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, which has 43 parties and another 11 signatories, making it the largest free-trade area by several member states after the World Trade Organisation and the largest in population and geographic size, spanning 1.3 billion people across the world’s second-largest continent.
