The Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Nabeela Farida Tunis, along with her delegation including the General Manager of the National Tourist Board Madam Fatmata Mida Carew, has safely arrived at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe ahead of the 2nd UN Tourism Regional Congress on Women’s Empowerment in Tourism in Africa, scheduled for 29th April – 1st May 2026.

Minister Tunis, who currently serves as Chair of the Women in Tourism Leadership Africa Committee, is also set to launch the WiTLAC Intra-Africa Mentorship Programme an initiative aimed at strengthening leadership and capacity-building for women across the continent’s tourism sector.

During the congress, she will join Shaikha Al Anuwais UN Tourism Secretary General and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Tourism and hospitality Industry Madam Barbara Rwodzi in a high-level ministerial roundtable focused on “Gender-Responsive Policies in National Tourism Strategies.”