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Ghana hosts 26th edition
of the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 FIFA Soccer World
Cup According to Grant Thornton, the
economic impact was based on 289 000 overseas
visitors watching three to four matches each and 48
000 African visitors watching three matches each.
About 115 000 domestic tourists will watch two
matches each. Calculations are based on a stay of
15 days because foreign tourists are not expected
to stay for the month-long tournament. Standard Bank economist Goolam
Ballim said that "There will be a big direct
injection for the economy. But the indirect impact
may be more meaningful for a sustainable economic
lift in subsequent years ... it will help change
the perceptions that a large number of foreign
investors hold of Africa and South Africa".
On his visit to South Africa in
June 2007, FIFA president Sepp Blatter told local
media that "nothing, nothing can be against a World
Cup in South Africa, nothing but God." At the forty fifth meeting of
the United Nations World Tourism Organization's
Commission for Africa in May 2007 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia South Africa was unanimously elected as
the Chair of the UNWTO / FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup
Steering Committee. "This is indeed confirmation of
expectations to see South Africa playing a leading
role towards the successful hosting of the 2010
Soccer World Cup" said Patience Molokoza, Director,
International Tourism Relations at DEAT.
"As a consequence we have been
communicating with citizens of the world that the
"Win in Africa with Africa" slogan that was
presented and adopted in Ethiopia is itself an
affirmation that the 2010 Soccer World Cup should
be a collaborative project which is to be led by
Africans" concluded Molokoza. While leading a delegation to
South Africa in June 2007 to strengthen relations
that are aimed at promoting the country in the
United States of America, Agrippa Ezozo, president
of the US-based African Diaspora Foundation
pronounced that "special emphasis would be placed
on prospects for tourism development and sports
related businesses in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA
Soccer World Cup". "We are confident that the 2010
Soccer World Cup will do the same to consolidate
our self-respect and dignity, gained when we
attained our freedom and democracy in 1994 and, in
a unique way, help our own nation and the continent
of Africa, also to bask in the 'miracle of South
Africa'," said Thabo Mbeki, President of the
Republic of South Africa. "Every day we take
important steps to unite what was a divided
nation," he concluded. East
African Safari Rally After 1,602.88
kilometres of competition over some of the most
gruelling and challenging roads in Kenya and
Tanzania, the all-Kenyan crew of Rob Collinge and
Anton Levitan claimed their second consecutive
victory in the East African Safari Rally, the
world's most historic rally. The Datsun 260Z crew
took the lead after the third leg and finished the
event back in Mombasa with nearly 26 minutes in
hand. Former World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist,
the early leader, finished second in the Historic
Motorsport Escort RS1600, with Frederic Dor, in the
Tuthill-prepared Porsche 911, third overall.
"I'm totally
delighted that everyone has enjoyed themselves so
much. They've seen our beautiful country and
everyone is saying they want to come back on
holiday. To have all these happy people in Kenya
means a great deal to everyone involved; Kenya has
been delighted to host everyone and looks forward
to welcoming everyone back again soon." Mike
Kirkland - Event Director. Watch for 2006 dates
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Ghana
has been engulfed with an understandable excitement
with barely forty-eight hours to the main draw of
the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. The
huge euphoria, a reminder of what Ghana went
through when the senior national team, Black Stars
glittered at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany
where they reached the last sixteen as debutants is
basically because of the balloting slated for the
plush Accra International Conference Centre (AICC)
between the hours of 15:00 and 17:00 GMT. Soccer
administrators and fans across the world are
thronging the beautiful and serene city of Accra,
Ghana's capital to catch a glimpse of the envisaged
glamorous event that precedes the continent's
biggest football party. 