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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 […]

The Anonymous Tourism Hero

Tourism is composed of thousands of people who unselfishly create bonds between individuals, cultures and nations. These tourism stars are the industry’s unsung heroes who bring light to a world swamped in darkness. The World Tourism Network seeks to bring these tourism heroes to light. Tourism is more than a mere industry, it is a […]

Gorden “Butch” Steward, Sandals Resorts, Jamaica

When you do good things, do them quietly. This is what Mr. Steward is representing as a founder of Sandals Resorts. He is the founder, owner, and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International, as well as The ATL Group and its subsidiaries Appliance Traders and The Jamaica Observer. After completing his […]

Gideon Thaler, TAL AVIATION, Israel

Gideon Thaler started his career working in sales for TWA in Tel Aviv on 1st March 1965. He moved on to become the Manager of CP Air, later becoming the Manager of Canadian Airlines International in Israel. At the same time, he was also the GSA for Qantas, the Australian airline. When Canadian Airlines sold […]

Prof. Dr. Snežana Štetić, Serbia

Dr Snežana Štetić is working in Tourism 40+ years and in education for Tourism 40 years all together. She finished her MSc in Marketing in tourism at University of Belgrade and also her PhD in economics, tourism and hotel management. From 1981 – 1985 Specializations at: LSE- London school of Economics; University of Surrey and […]

I, H. M. Hakim Ali, Bangladesh

I, H. M. Hakim Ali was nominated by Sadia Islam for the Amazing Travel Award by the World Tourism Network. The World Tourism Network Hero Award and the Amazing Travel Award celebrate exceptional individuals, organizations, destinations, or associations that have demonstrated exemplary leadership, innovation, and dedication to advancing the global tourism industry. I, H. M. Hakim […]

The Anonymous Tourism Hero

Tourism is composed of thousands of people who unselfishly create bonds between individuals, cultures and nations. These tourism stars are the industry’s unsung heroes who bring light to a world swamped in darkness. The World Tourism Network seeks to bring these tourism heroes to light. Tourism is more than a mere industry, it is a […]

Czafiyhra Zaycev, “Irish” , Manila, Philippines

Irish is the new face of Medical Tourism in the Philippines, according to World Tourism Network President Juergen Steinmetz. Irish was the nurse who went out of her way to buy an I-phone charger for Steinmetz while at Makati Medical Center in Manila. Judging from her social media posts this inspiring message by Mufti Menk […]

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