African Tourism Board Safety and Travel Security Expert Statement on TOPP

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African Tourism Board Safety and Security expert Dr. Peter Tarlow reminded all ATB members, security incidents around the world once again underline the need for African nations to promote andย provide the best tourism security possible.

African Tourism Board President Alain St. Ange mentioned that after recent security challenges inย Kenya, it remains the duty of Africa to stand with Kenya’s Minister Najib Balala, the CS for Tourism and with the Government of Kenya after the recent kidnapping of Doctors and Bomb Threats.

“Tourism is a success story in Kenya and they need, more than ever, their fellow friends and neighbors to spread this successes story,” the ATB president added.

Dr. Tarlow explained: “The best way for the African tourism industry to aid countries not only Sudan and Kenya as they face new tourism security challenge is by helping each nation in Africa to create a well funded and organized tourism security unit.

Each tourism security unit of TOPPs (tourism-oriented policing and protection services)ย will be experts not only in security but also safety and seek to protect a nationโ€™s visitors along with its reputation and economies.

Theseย units, beย they composed of public orย private security agents or private-private partnership, will help to assure tourists from around the world that travel to Africa is safe and secure.

They will be major players in promoting African tourism and when security mishaps occur they will aid their local tourism industry in a demonstration to the world that these are the exceptions and not the norm.

It is important to remember whereย that security is anย essential element in tourism. ย It is our moral duty and good business to work withย both local governments andย international organizations to assure travelers that Africaย will receive them with open arms and aย loving heart.

“Today, the African Tourism Board confirms that they standย with Africa ans specially now with Minister Balala the Kenyan Government and People of Kenya and will workย with them as and when called upon”, concluded St.Ange.

Reference:
www.africantourismboard.com

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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