Tourism CS Najib Balala (left) receives an award for Innovation and Excellence in Tourism from United nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General Taleb Rifai (middle) in presence of the East Africa Tourism Platform Co-ordinator Carmen Nibigira(right) in Madrid, Spain on January 21, 2016.
Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has been elected chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Africa Commission. Balala takes over from Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi for the 2017-2019 term.