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Joseph Kafunda, Walvis Bay, Namibia

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Kristijan Curavić, Ocean Alliance SOS, Croatia

The World Tourism Network awarded Kristijan Curavić the Tourism Hero Status, part of the Amazing Travel Award, on December 15, 2025 This is the first time the Award was presented to a Croatian. Kristijan Curavić does not present himself as an activist. He operates more like a chief executive navigating diplomacy, capital, and long-term institutional […]

Anthony Barker, Da Nang, Vietnam

Anthony Barker is one of the leading figures of Vietnamese wildlife conservation in the hospitality industry and an expert in the protection of the red-shanked douc langur, a native species of primate which is classified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He is the Resident Zoologist at the InterContinental […]

Efsun Ahmadov, Baku, Azerbaijan

Mr. Ahmadov is CEO of Next Group LLC in Azerbaijan. Due to the pandemic, the world has been experiencing a tourism crisis for almost two years. Of course, this is the situation in Azerbaijan as well. Nonetheless, tourism workers who love their jobs go out of their way to protect and develop their industry. One […]

Aleksandra Gardasevic Slavuljica, MBA, Podgorcia, Montenegro

Alexandra Gardasecvic works under very difficult conditions. First of all, Montenegro and the Balkan region are hardly hit with corona and this fact dominates all other circumstances. Also, the region is very effected by political turbulence, elections, protests, etc. All these mean that it is very hard to promote rebuilding tourism when local authorities act […]

Dr. Taleb Rifai, Jordan

Dr. Taleb Rifai was born in 1949. He is a Jordanian economist who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) based in Madrid, Spain, until December 31, 2017, having held the post since being unanimously elected in 2010 in Zambia/Zimbabwe at the UNWTO General Assembly. Dr. Taleb Rifai was elected as Secretary-General of the World […]

Cuthbert Ncube, South Africa

Chairman of African Tourism Board: It is a new Dawn as we Usher in the Voice of Africa by Africa in Africa. It’s the birth of the African Tourism Board (ATB) whose mandate is to drive the vision and the aspirations of more than 1,323,568,478 people in Africa.” This was the words in April 2019 […]

Eng Dr. Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe

Former Foreign Minister and Minister of Tourism for Zimbabwe, Eng. Walter Mzembi: Dr. Mzembi’s story is of one who has refused to succumb to adversity both political and in health scare. He continues to serve the tourism sector with distinction. He accepted to steer the sensitive Safety, Security, Crisis and Disaster Management Committee of the […]

Agnes Mucuha, Nairobi, Kenya

Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) www.katakenya.com Josephine Kuria, Lordstown Travel Group Ltd: Mrs. Agnes has qualities of a good leader which include integrity, empathy, humility, influence, and positivity. She is good at reading people and adapting to necessary management styles. Stephen Mbatha, Emirates: Agnes has been very instrumental in […]

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