{"id":12103,"date":"2022-09-02T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/tourism-minister-moses-vilakati-launches-world-tourism-month"},"modified":"2022-09-02T14:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:15:11","slug":"tourism-minister-moses-vilakati-launches-world-tourism-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/tourism-minister-moses-vilakati-launches-world-tourism-month","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Minister Moses Vilakati launches World Tourism Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Moses Vilakati, the Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs launched the World Tourism Month in an event that was held at Olive Country Lodge.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to eSwatini Government online platforms the Minister further unveiled Eswatini\u2019s creative and empowerment-centric interpretation of the World Tourism Day theme: \u201cRethinking Tourism,\u201d as declared by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event was held at Olive Country Lodge, Kholwane, in the Shiselweni region. The Minister described Olive Country Lodge as a vehicle for the creation of business and employment opportunities for emaSwati, thereby echoing the powerful role that tourism continues to play in developing communities and empowering the people.Eswatini will celebrate World Tourism Month with a series of activities, culminating in World Tourism Day on 27 September. These include the Swazi Rally from 2-4 September at Riders Ranch, the MTB Classic at Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary on 3 September, the Africa Tourism Board\u2019s African Soccer Legends Tournament at Mavuso Sports Ground on the same day and the Umhlanga Ceremony on 4-5 September at Ludzidzini Royal Residence,\u201d reads a report published on Government online platforms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Moses Vilakati, the Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs launched the World Tourism Month in an event that was held at Olive Country Lodge. According to eSwatini Government online platforms the Minister further unveiled Eswatini\u2019s creative and empowerment-centric interpretation of the World Tourism Day theme: \u201cRethinking Tourism,\u201d as declared by the United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-12103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tourism Minister Moses Vilakati launches World Tourism Month - 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