Africa panel at UN World Urban Forum 3, Vancouver, BC, Summer 2006
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African Presence at Montréal's Salon
International Travel Show Long
time participants in the show are North African
nations such as Morocco, whose exhibit is located
in the Mediterranean section. this is especially
timely, since the Morocco National Office of
Tourism and the Africa Travel Association are
hosting the ATA
6th Cultural & Ecotourism
Symposium
in Fez, December 8 to 13, 2002. Mr. Abdel Ghani
Ragala, General Manager of the Morocco National
Tourism Office in Montréal has confirmed his
country's presence and general literature will be
available. Tunisia will also be at the show with a
strong presence as confirmed in a recent
conversation with Mr. Khaled Cheikh, Manager of the
Canadian office of the Tunisia
National Tourism
Board. Also
long time exhibitor, Egypt
in
addition of tourism representatives will offer
cultural participation with the dance group "LALA
HAKIM" on Saturday October 26th at 4:15 P.M. on the
central stage. Kenya has yet to confirm its
participation, but their visibility has recently be
upgraded with the nomination of "Discover the World
Marketing" of Toronto as official representatives
for Canada. Angola, a first time visitor at the
show, will be represented by its Embassy and
presence of the Tourism Minister has been
confirmed. Another
long time visitor and one particularly interested
in this market, is Tanzania,
represented by its Embassy and Tanzania National
Parks, who will answer all questions and help show
visitors discover this marvelous country. Tanzania,
a traditionally strong supporter of the Africa
Travel Association, will this year again invite
Canadians to their fascinating landscape and depict
the safari tradition of the country. This
years, Africa will again be well represented, even
if some improvements need to be done. Very nice
projects are under way and the next edition in 2003
will certainly be a very good one for Africa. I
invite you to visit this interesting show where
safaris, cultural and ecotourism will be presented.
In addition to Africa, dozens more countries will
participate. I hope this show will be memorable for
you, it is certainly an official rendezvous for
me. Good
show Denis
Dionne. Africa Travel Magazine's Official
Correspondent Photos
courtesy of Tourisme Quebec and Aeroports de
Montréal Africa Travel
Association
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Index
Canada's
Quebec Province hosted the World Ecotourism Summit
earlier this year -and we were ready for a powerful
encore at the International Tourism and Travel Show
in downtown Montréal's impressive Place
Bonaventure. This exciting event, one of the
most
important in North America, attracts over 20,000
visitors annually. A specialty of the show is the
fact that the first night (Friday) is reserved for
the travel trade, as hundreds of travel
professionals gather to 'network' and make business
deals. This large, multi-faceted show is the year's
hottest opportunity to present new products and
destinations in a key area of the North American
market. Every year, dozens of countries are
represented by tourism officials and many
businesses from abroad make their way to
Montréal to participate. Canada Chapter of
ATA plans to be out in force at the 2003 version of
this exciting event (