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ATA
7th Cultural Ecotourism Symposium in Zanzibar
What we call "Sustainable," "Responsible", or "Eco-"Tourism, has become a key facet of the world's travel tourism industry. Among the first to recognize its enormous potential was the Africa Travel Association, which launched a series of Ecotourism Symposia, making its debut in Dakar, Senegal (1992). Interest and awareness grew at each succeeding event, until our Environment and Natural Resources Group, chaired by David Gibson, produced the 10-point Fés Declaration for Responsible Travel. (continued) Photo above right - Zanzibari children welcoming ATA delegates. By Jerry W. Bird.
Zanzibar Commission of Tourism was represented by Executive Secretary, Mr. Vuai Mohammed. The symposium venue will be the lovely Zanzibar Beach Resort and Conference Center, facing the sea. The four star property is conveniently located close to the airport, seaport, city center (Stone Town) and its museums, galleries and handicraft shops. Zanzibar, located on the Indian Ocean off the coast of mainland Tanzania, is a separate state within the United Republic of Tanzania. Popularly known as the "spice islands," Zanzibar consists of Unguja (known as Zanzibar Island), Pemba and some 50 smaller surrounding islands and islets. The International Board of Directors and Staff of the Africa Travel Association wish to express our sincere appreciation to our Sponsors Ministry of Trade, Industry, Marketing and Tourism, Zanzibar, Tanzania Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Tourism & Information, Republic of Kenya Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Natural Resources, Republic of Zambia Bermuda Department of Tourism Chemonix Inc. Zanzibar Beach Resort and Conference Center Development Bank of Southern Africa SN Brussels Airlines Travel World News Northstar Travel Media Blue Bay Resort Sinai Wildlife Projects Ethiopian Airlines American Express Travel
THE ARUSHA MANIFESTO The first President of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere recognized the importance of Africa's wildlife, not only to the future of all Africans, but also to the rest of the world. In September 1961 at a symposium on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, he gave a speech that has become known as the Arusha Manifesto: "The survival of our wildlife is a matter of grave concern to all of us in Africa. These wild creatures amid the wild places they inhabit are not only important as a source of wonder and inspiration but are an integral part of our natural resources and our future livelihood and well being. "In accepting the trusteeship of our wildlife we solemnly declare that we will do everything in our power to make sure that our children's grandchildren will be able to enjoy this rich and precious inheritance. "The conservation of wildlife and wild places calls for specialist knowledge, trained manpower, and money, and we look to other nations to cooperate with us in this important task, the success or failure of which not only affects the continent of Africa but the rest of the world as well." The College of African Wildlife
Management The College Curriculum: Since its establishment, the College has developed a range of different courses, each targeted for a particular level, and each geared towards producing professional, knowledgeable and skilled wildlife managers. The College aims to provide needs-based, responsive and adaptive training to meet the ever-changing demands of clients. Curriculum review is undertaken on a continual basis to incorporate emerging issues and practices in wildlife management. A regional external curriculum review panel advises the College on the content of the curriculum, and monitors training quality. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Our sincere thanks go to Zanzibar, Tanzania, our host country, H.E. Mohammed Aboud Mohammed, Minister of Trade, Industry, Marketing & Tourism; Pereira Ame Silima, Principal Secretary, Government of Zanzibar; Vuai M. Mohammed, Executive Secretary, Commission for Tourism; and South African Airways, the official air carrier, Air Tanzania and Ethiopian Airlines, for providing reduced rate transportation to our delegates and for sponsoring special symposium programs. To the Zanzibar Beach Resort and Conference Center we express our thanks for housing delegates at special, discounted rates and extending those rates for early arrivals and late departures. Our gratitude is also extended to the members of the Host Committee, ZATI- Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors for arranging pre/post symposium tours at very special rates; and to the many individuals who have, directly or indirectly, helped in our efforts to make this Symposium a reality. PROGRAM SPONSORS Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism, United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Tourism & Information, Republic of Kenya Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Natural Resources, Republic of Zambia Bermuda Department of Tourism Air Tanzania Ethiopian Airlines South African Airways SN Brussels Airlines Blue Bay Resorts American Express Travel Northstar Travel Media Travel World News Sinai Wildlife Projects
Zanzibar's Extraordinary Sites of the Port's Slave Trade along the African Diaspora Heritage Trail Owing to the growth of slave trade in 18th and early 19th century, Zanzibar became an essential location along the Eastern African slave-trading routes. Slaves were taken from as far as Congo, traveled to Bagamoyo, then shipped to Unguja to either work in the cloves and coconut plantation in Unguja and Pemba or to be shipped to the Middle East and former French colonies of Reunion, Mauritius, Seychelles and Madagascar, or North America. (credit to www.utalii.com) Tanzania's Major Site along the African Diaspora Heritage Trail Bagamoyo, Proposed Unesco World Heritage Site and Part of Tanzania's African Diaspora Heritage Trail. Bagamoyo, 45 miles north of Dar es Salaam, is an important cultural heritage site for Tanzania. One of the most revered historic centers of the infamous slave trade,Bagamoyo was also the first capital of Tanzania under German Colonial rule until it shifted in 1892 to Dar es Salaam. AFRICA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION ATA &emdash; The International Travel Industry Association for Africa The Africa Travel Association (ATA) is an international, nonprofit, nonpolitical, and educational organization established in 1975 to promote tourism to the continent of Africa. Its membership is comprised of African government tourist offices, international airlines, hotels and resorts, cruise lines, tour operators, travel agents, group organizers, tourism educators and public relations/marketing firms. ATA is an industry partner in "Green Globe"; a member of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA).; and a founding member of the Coalition of Partners of the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT). The primary objective of the organization is to promote the tourist attractions of the continent of Africa and educate all interested travel agents, meeting and conference planners, group tour organizers, and incentive companies about the products and services offered by the tourism industry in Africa. The Association organizes and avails to its membership an Annual Congress and Trade Show at a selected African destination thereby providing the opportunity for firsthand information and personal experience. In 1990, in Casablanca, ATA issued its first Manifesto on Ecotourism, which was followed-up with ATA initiating Africa's first Ecotourism Symposium in Senegal in 1992. This became a forum on developing sustainable tourism on the continent of Africa, with the second symposium hosted by South Africa, November, 1994, the third symposium held in Marrakech, Morocco, November, 1996, the fourth held in Abuja, Nigeria, December 2-8, 2000 and the fifth in Yaounde, Cameroon, November 25-30, 2001. ATA has a Web Site (www.africa-ata.org) and publishes the Africa Travel Magazine. Sponsored by the hosting governments and the local membership, ATA has held its Annual Congresses and Trade Fairs and symposiums in the following countries:
1976 - Nairobi,
Kenya 1977 - Abidjan, Ivory
Coast 1978 - Sousse/Monastir,
Tunisia 1979 - Tangier,
Morocco 1980 - Libreville,
Gabon 1981 - Lusaka,
Zambia 1982 - Lome, Togo 1983 - Cairo,
Egypt 1984 - Banjul, The
Gambia 1985 - Nairobi,
Kenya 1986 - Atlanta, Georgia,
U.S.A. 1987 - Douala,
Cameroon 1988 - Harare,
Zimbabwe 1989 - New York, NY,
U.S.A 1990 - Casablanca,
Morocco 1991 - Cairo,
Egypt 1992 - Cote
d'Ivoire 1992 - Saly/Dakar, Senegal -
First Ecotourism Symposium for Africa 1993 - Lusaka,
Zambia 1993 - Best of Africa
I:-Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles,
CA; New York, NY; Washington,
DC; U.S.A. 1994 - Accra,
Ghana 1994 - South Africa - Second
Symposium on Sustainable Tourism 1995 - Nairobi,
Kenya 1995 - Best of Africa II:-
USA & Canada Chicago, IL; Detroit,
MI; Atlanta, GA; Washington,
DC; New York, NY; Philadelphia,
PA; Los Angeles, & San
Francisco, CA; Vancouver, Canada
1996 - Windhoek,
Namibia 1996 - Marrakech, Morocco -
Third Ecotourism Symposium 1997 - Cotonou,
Benin 1997 - Best of Africa III -
Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Washington, DC; New York,
NY; Los Angeles CA; Orlando, FL; Memphis,
TN 1998 - Arusha, Tanzania 1999
- Accra, Ghana in cooperation with WTO
Commission for Africa 2000 - Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia 2000 - Abuja, Nigeria -
Fourth Ecotourism Symposium 2001 - Cape Town, South
Africa 2001 - Yaounde, Cameroon -
Fifth Ecotourism Symposium 2002 - Nelspruit, South
Africa - IIPT/ATA First Africa Peace Through
Tourism Conference 2002 - Conakry,
Guinea 2002 - Fes, Morocco, Sixth
Ecotourism Symposium 2003 - Lusaka/Livingstone,
Zambia Seventh Cultural &
Ecotourism Symposium, Zanzibar, Tanzania, December
2-7, 2003 IIPT/ATA Second Africa Peace
Through Tourism Conference, Dar es Salaam, December
7-12, 2003 AFRICA TRAVEL
ASSOCIATION Web Site: www.africa-ata.org - email africatravelasso@aol.com AFRICA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Zakia H. Meghji, MP, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, First Vice President: Henderson Travel Service Inc., Dr. Gaynelle Henderson-Bailey Vice Presidents Inter-Continental Hotels Group, Roger Kacou Republic of Kenya, Hon. Stephen
Kalonzo Musyoko, EGH, MP, Immediate Past President: Republic of
Ghana, Hon. Michael Afedi Gizo, Treasurer: Alken Tours - African Division, Sharifa Burnett Secretary: Venue International Professionals, Helen C. Broadus Executive Director: Mira Berman Founder: Murray Vidockler, CTC, dec DIRECTORS Accor Hotels Leu Francois Afric Trans Services Djibril Baba Taboure Africa-Tour-Rific Doris Wooten Africa Travel Connection Tours Salif Badiane Air Harbour Technologies Hani A. Z. Yamani Air Tanzania Emmanuel A. Kimaro Calig World Travel Ellen Posell Ethiopian Airlines Bisrat Nigatu Federal Republic of Nigeria Hon. Boma Jack Ghana Airways Wilberforce Tengey Golden Tulip Hotel, Ghana Thom Sheriff Hilton Hotels Bobby Husain Kambi Travel International Patricia Brown Nigeria Airways Nnenna Johnson-Nsofor Research Consultant Jane D. Thompson Republic of Cameroon Hon. HELE, Pierre Republic of Ghana Hon. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey Republic of Guinee Hon. Sylla Hadja Koumba Diakite Republic of South Africa Hon. Valli Moosa Republic of Zambia Hon. Patrick Kalifungwa Savacou Gallery Loris Crawford Sheraton Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jean-Pierre Manigoff SN Brussels Airlines John Lindekens South African Airways Paula Newton Sun International Resorts Lorenzo Giani Thomson Safaris Judith Wineland Travel Unlimited with Irwin Council Irwin Travel World News Charles Gatt, Jr. Unique International Boutique Hazel Buggs Venue International Professionals David Saunders ATA REGIONAL
CHAPTERS U.S. & CANADA Atlanta California Chicago Detroit Washington, DC New York Tennessee Vancouver,B.C AFRICA Benin Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Guinee Kenya Morocco Nigeria South Africa Tanzania Zambia SEVENTH CULTURAL &
ECOTOURISM SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Hon. Mohammed Aboud
Mohammed Minister of Trade, Industry,
Marketing & Tourism Government of
Zanzibar Symposium
Chairman Hon. Zakia Hamdani Meghji,
MP Minister of Natural
Resources & Tourism, United Republic of
Tanzania ATA President Mira Berman ATA Executive
Director Program and
Arrangements Jane D. Thompson, Committee for the Annual
Congress Public Affairs & Press
Relations Karen Hoffman Symposium
Secretariat Viola "Liz"
Drayton ATA Associate
Director Marilyn Eugene HOST COMMITTEE Hon. Mohammed Aboud
Mohammed Minister of Trade, Industry,
Marketing & Tourism Principal Secretary,
Government of Zanzibar Pereira Ame Silima Executive
Secretary, Commission for Tourism Vuai Mwinyi
Mohammed Fayza Abdulla Issa Mlingoti Ali Antonella Balestra Jim
Dismmore Hamad H. Hamad Ali Said Haneni Fatma A. Jumbe Yussuf Mahmoud Francessa Marty Bobby Mckenna Ali Khalil Mirza Ismail Mohammed Maabad J.
Muhiddin Helen Peeks Emerson D. Skeens Andrew Smith The following is a recap of the event activities which occured from December 2 to 7, 2003 followed by post tours of Zanzibar and the Islands. The Host Committee and ZATI share a key role: A host committee has been formed under the direction of the Executive Secretary of the Zanzibar Tourism Commission, Mr. Vuai M. Mohammed, together with the members of the newly formed Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors (ZATI). The Symposium theme, "the Role of Responsible Tourism in Economic Growth," will be addressed by both the public and private tourism sectors. Case studies and ecotourism marketing initiatives will be presented and discussed as the "driving forces for responsible tourism." Conference Venue: The lovely Zanzibar Beach Resort and Conference Center, facing the sea, will be the symposium venue. The four-star property is conveniently located close to the airport, seaport, city center (Stone Town) and its museums, galleries and handicraft shops. Delegates will have an opportunity learn about Zanzibar's rich history and tradition of religious tolerance. Host day will include a tour of Stone Town, famous for its Swahili culture and architecture, and include visits to such historic sights as the Old Fort, the Palace Museum (Beit-al-Sahel) and the House of Wonders (Beit-al-Ajaib), as well as a typical Zanzibari cultural festival. About the Destination : Zanzibar, located on the Indian Ocean off the coast of mainland Tanzania, is a separate state within the United Republic of Tanzania. Popularly known as the "spice islands," Zanzibar consists of Unguja (known as Zanzibar Island), Pemba and some 50 smaller surrounding islands and islets. ATA delegates will be able to take advantage of pre and post safaris within Zanzibar and on mainland Tanzania (see web site for details). Special fares will be offered by South African Airways and Ethiopian Airlines. For membership and symposium information about ATA visit www.africa-ata.org; or contact Africa Travel Association, 347 fifth Ave., Suite 610, New York, New York 10016; Tel (212) 447-1826; Fax: 212-725-8253; email: africatravelasso@aol.com
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Plan: ATA Environment and Natural Resources
Group
The
Hon. Mohammed Aboud Mohammed, Zanzibar's Minister of
Trade, Industry, Marketing and Tourism extended his
government's full support to ensure the success of the ATA
event. "The timing of Africa Travel Association's 7th
Cultural and Ecotourism Symposium for Zanzibar is
excellent," said Hon. Mohammed. "We have just completed a
Tourism Master Plan and are in the process of establishing a
new brand for Zanzibar. World renowned as an exotic beach
and water sports destination, Zanzibar's new focus will be
on the archipelago's rich cultural history and festivals; as
well as sustainable tourism and environmental development
especially in Pemba. Zanzibar will launch its first
public/private sector tourism campaign in partnership with
the newly formed private sector organization, the Zanzibar
Association of Tourism Investors (ZATI). Until now we have
not yet tapped into the enormous potential market for
cultural and sustainable tourism programs in North America.
We look forward to hosting ATA and opening that door a
little wider for American and Canadian tourists to
Zanzibar."
