Victoria Falls Town is to host a carnival on August 23 to welcome the delegates to the UNWTO event.

Karikoga Kaseke, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Chief Executive, said that US$300,000 had been allocated for the event.

Karikoga Kaseke said: “Most of the local artistes who performed during the Harare carnival, such as Suluman Chimbetu and Jah Prayzah, have already confirmed their participation while we are still waiting to hear from the targeted international artistes.”

Meanwhile Walter Mzembi says that Zimbabwe is short of money for the UNWTO. The Ministry of Tourism had budgeted US$12 million but nothing had come from the Treasury.

Walter Mzembi said: “We have an election that requires US$132 million. We have just come off a referendum that also gobbled quite a lot of millions.

“We had Copac (Constitution Committee) for over 4years in addition to other recurrent national processes and issues on our budget — food security, water, electricity and within all those competing demands you place the demands of a General Assembly.”

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“We had Copac (Constitution Committee) for over 4years in addition to other recurrent national processes and issues on our budget — food security, water, electricity and within all those competing demands you place the demands of a General Assembly.
“Most of the local artistes who performed during the Harare carnival, such as Suluman Chimbetu and Jah Prayzah, have already confirmed their participation while we are still waiting to hear from the targeted international artistes.
Victoria Falls Town is to host a carnival on August 23 to welcome the delegates to the UNWTO event.