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Gideon Thaler, TAL AVIATION, Israel

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Amaka Amatokwu-Ndekwu, Lagos, Nigeria

Amaka is the Co-founder of recently established African Association of Women In Tourism and Hospitality. She is a US & Nigeria based award-winning hospitality professional with a proven history of tenacity, strong drive, passion and leadership for over 10 years. She obtained an AMP certificate from Lagos Business School focused on Business Management & Marketing, […]

Fedor Shandor, Zakarpattia, Ukraine

Mr. Shandor was nominated by WTN Tourism Hero Ivan Liptuga, a founding member of the WTN scream for Ukraine campaign ( www.scream.travel ) Fedor Shandor is a member of the National Tourism Organization of Ukraine (NTO), a Professor of Uzhhorod National University. Fedor Sandor gives a lecture on tourism to his students during the breaks […]

Peter Byrne, Tanzania

anzania and Zanzibar have reopened to a new kind of tourism. Peter Byrne, CEO of Mafia Island in Tanzania, developed a 20-point approach and introduced it at the rebuilding.travel platform: “Let’s build a persona around the idea of ‘new tourism’ (slow, immersive, kind, local, sustainable, climate-friendly) with hospitality back, front, and center – as in ‘hospitable’ not impersonal.” The […]

Peter Byrne, Tanzania

anzania and Zanzibar have reopened to a new kind of tourism. Peter Byrne, CEO of Mafia Island in Tanzania, developed a 20-point approach and introduced it at the rebuilding.travel platform: “Let’s build a persona around the idea of ‘new tourism’ (slow, immersive, kind, local, sustainable, climate-friendly) with hospitality back, front, and center – as in ‘hospitable’ not impersonal.” The […]

Robin Richman, Steppin Out, Chicago, IL, USA

Robin Richman is now a tourism hero. Tourism may not be possible, but virtual tourism is – and it pays tour guides. Robin Richman owns Steppin Out Adventure in Chicago. has been working hard to create a program so that small community-based tourism programs can have opportunities to generate much-needed revenue during this time. The […]

Jeffrey Durup, Seychelles

Jeffrey Durup was nominated as a Tourism Hero by Alain St. Ange, the former minister of Tourism for Seychelles. Mr.Durup launched his scuba diving excursions from the Island of La Digue in early 1973. Jeffrey Durup in his first boat ‘La Belle Caroline’ used to organize diving excursions for Poseidon Diving Groups for German visitors […]

Shahrzad Moayeri, Tehran, Iran

The World Tourism Network awarded Sahrzad Moayeri the tourism hero title on December 31, 2025 Sahrzad Moayeri serves as Director of International Relations at the Association of Air Transport & Tourist Agencies of Iran—and as a proud member of the World Tourism Network (WTN), she represents a rare blend of professionalism, resilience, and quiet courage […]

Diana McIntyre-Pike, Jamaica

Diana McIntyre-Pike has been serving her Jamaica community and gave her self-less services to the better of tourism to many parts in the world. Outstanding service to the development and training of communities in entrepreneurship and basic hospitality skills and created the VILLAGES AS BUSINESSES PROGRAMME which is being implemented in Jamaica and the Caribbean. […]

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