Sierra Leone: Tourism Minister Launches Women Empowerment Training Workshop in Lakka

The Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt has launched a training workshop for women in coastal risk communities and distributed start-up kits to 50 women in Lakka […]
Let’s pay attention to Africa’s Women in Tourism

All over the world, women play pivotal roles in shaping the tourism landscape. Even more in Africa some of these women have remained trailblazers in helping define tourism on the […]
Ghana begins preparations for inaugural UNWTO regional congress on women

Ghana has begun earnest preparations to host the maiden World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Regional congress on women empowerment in the Tourism, Arts and Culture sectors in Accra. The congress received […]
Second Edition of Global Report on Women in Tourism Launched

To mark International Women’s Day 2019 UNWTO, in collaboration with UN Women, the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ), World Bank Group and Amadeus, has today released preliminary findings of the Global […]
Gloria Guevara Writes: Women – the powerhouses of Travel & Tourism

In 2017, I became the first female President & CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council in our rich 30-year history. In my tenure, we have added female representation […]
Women in Tourism celebrates International Women’s Day

Elcia Grandcourt On the occasion of the International women’s day, VoyagesAfriq solicited messages from some distinguished women in the travel and tourism industry. It is an established fact that women […]
#VAMag: Empowering Youth and Women through Tourism

To diversify economies, tourism holds the key. To bail out the vulnerable in society, tourism is the surest and reliable tool to employ. In a report on Africa and its […]