Mzembi in final push for UNWTO top post

African Union — Endorsed candidate Walter Mzembi will attend two meetings in Switzerland and Azerbaijan this week to drum up support in the last lap of his campaign for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary general’s post.

Elections to choose a successor to Jordanian Taleb Rifai will be held on May 11 and 12 in Madrid, Spain.

Mzembi will fight it out with five other candidates — Márcio Favilla (Brazil), Jaime Alberto Cabal Sanclemente (Colombia), Zurab Pololikashvili (Georgia), Young-shim Dho (South Korea) and Alain St.

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