Preparations for 2017 Sanganai/Hlanganani begin after government releases funds

The government has released adequate funds to start preparations for the 2017 Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Expo. It will be held in Bulawayo in September. The event was almost cancelled by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) due to lack of funding.

ZTA chief executive officer Dr Karikoga Kaseke said:

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority would like to inform its esteemed tourism partners, stakeholders and the nation at large, that Sanganai/Hlanganani – World Tourism Expo 2017 preparations have resumed. This is despite our previously announced possibility of cancelling the event due to lack of funding.

In a meeting held between the ZTA and the Ministry of Finance on the 11th of April 2017, officials from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development did not only commit to fund Sanganai 2017 but they have already disbursed funds for us to pay all the service providers who supplied goods and services to Sanganai last year but were still being owed by the ZTA.

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