"Chero ringave bhizinesi redu muhupenyu, ngatigarei tichiyeuka kuti bhizimusi redu repakati ndere, uye richaramba riri, kuita kuti nyika ino ive nzvimbo iri nani." Iye munhu akataura mazwi aya - uye ari murairidzi wevazhinji muindasitiri yekufambisa neyekushanya - avezve chikamu cheAfrican Tourism Board (ATB).
Dr. Taleb Rifai, wekutanga UNWTO Secretary-General iye zvino ari pamutemo nhengo yebhodhi uye anoremekedzwa mutsigiri we African Tourism Bhodhi hutungamiri timu. Iko Africa inova KUMWE kushanya kwekuenda kwekusarudza pasirese kwaive kurota kuseri kwechirongwa ichi paakatanga nasachigaro weICP Juergen Steinmetz paWorld Travel Market muLondon muna Mbudzi wa2018.
Kuziviswa zviri pamutemo panguva yeWTM Capetown munaKubvumbi kwaive chiitiko chakakosha kuAfrican Tourism Board pakauya timu yese-Africa kuzogadzira uye kuronga iyi NGO nyowani. Fomati nyowani, logo nyowani, chitsauko chitsva, uye timu nyowani zvinotarisirwa kuunzwa zviri pamutemo uye kuvhurwa svondo rinouya.
Nhasi, panguva yeWorld Tourism Conference muJohannesburg, yekare UNWTO Secretary-General akava nhengo yebhodhi uye mubatsiri anoremekedzwa. Izvi zvakapedzwa pamusangano wakaitwa nezuro nemukuru weATB, Amai Doris Woerfel, pamwe nasachigaro weATB, VaCuthbert Ncube.
Muvambi uye sachigaro anobuda Juergen Steinmetz akati: “Dr. Taleb Rifai kubatana nesu haisi rukudzo chete asi chibvumirano chesangano redu. Hupfumi hwezivo nekubatana Dr. Rifai anounza patafura kunounza kumisikidzwa kwekupedzisira padanho nyowani. Ndatenda, Taleb, nerutsigiro rwako kubva pakutanga kwedu kwakaderera. Ndinorangarira chaizvo Mashoko ekupedzisira aDr. Rifai pa UNWTO - Ita kuti nyika ino ive nzvimbo iri nani. "
Dr. Taleb Rifai, Doris Woerfel naCuthbert Ncube
Sachigaro ari kuuya, Cuthbert Ncube akati: "Kwatiri kuATB, kumuka kukuru kwekondinendi yedu ndekwechokwadi - kunyanya muindasitiri yekushanya uko Africa ndiyo ine hupfumi hwakawanda, kondinendi yakapihwa zvipo zvakanyanya patinofunga zviwanikwa, nhoroondo, uye zviwanikwa zvetsika. Africa ine zvese zvinodiwa maererano nezvinokwezva. Ndihwo hunongedzo hwevanhu hwekuisa, iyo kukosha kwekuwedzera iyo inodikanwa kuendesa kondinendi kune inotevera nhanho. Iyo ATB yakafunga kuve anonongedzera kutora chikamu mukubvongodza kondinendi kune chinzvimbo chayo chehofori pakati pedzimwe nzvimbo dzemakondinendi epasi.
"Iropafadzo kugamuchira Dr. Taleb Rifai ari kujoina ATB senhengo yeBhodi uye Honorary Patron achiunza ruzivo rwakakura."
Dr. Taleb Rifai (akazvarwa muna 1949) inyanzvi yezvehupfumi yeJordanian aive Secretary-General we Sangano reUnited Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) yakavakirwa muMadrid, Spain, kusvika Zvita 31, 2017, vakabata chinzvimbo kubva pasarudzo imwechete mu2010.
Dr. Taleb Rifai akasarudzwa saMunyori-Mukuru weWorld Tourism Organisation kuGeneral Assembly muAstana, Kazakhstan, yakaitwa muna Gumiguru 2009 panguva iyo akatanga mwaka wake wemakore mana muna Ndira 4, 1.
Akafungidzira mashandiro aSecretary-General kushambadzira kweWorld Tourism Organisation kubva munaKurume 1, 2009 uye akashanda seMuteedzeri Secretary-General kubva Kukadzi 2006 kusvika Kukadzi 2009.
VaRifai vane ruzivo rwakadzama mumabasa ehurumende enyika nemunyika, masangano akazvimirira oga, nedzidzo. Usati wajoina UNWTO, aive Assistant Director-General weInternational Labour Organisation (ILO). VaRifai vakamboshandawo mumapazi ehurumende akawanda muHurumende yeJordan – gurukota rezvekurongwa nekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika, gurukota rezvekuburitswa kwemashoko, uye gurukota rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika nereAntiquity.
Sa CEO weJordani's Cement Company, VaRifai vakabudirira kutungamira hurongwa hwekutanga hwekudyara nekugadzirisa hurongwa muJordani pakati pema1990.
Zvimwe zvinzvimbo zvaakabata zvinosanganisira Director weEconomic Mission kuenda kuWashington DC uye Director General weInvestment Promotion Corporation yeJordan. Kusvikira 1993, VaRifai vaibatanidzwa mukutsvagisa, kudzidzisa, uye kuita zvekuvaka uye dhizaini dhizaini muJorodhani neUSA.
Ane Ph.D. muUrban Design uye Regional Planning kubva kuYunivhesiti yePennsylvania muPhiladelphia, MA muEngineering uye Architecture kubva kuIllinois Institute of Technology (IIT) muChicago, uye BS.c. muArchitectural Engineering kubva kuYunivhesiti yeKairo muEjipitori.
