Staff Reporter
After hosting a successful 4th edition of the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge in Windhoek last year, Namibia is again ready to welcome participants to its shores for the 5th edition.
Slated for 30 May to 2 June 2023 in Swakopmund, Erongo region, and hosted in collaboration with the Africa Tourism Partners South Africa and the UNWTO, the summit is the only Pan-African Youth and start-up tourism summit on the continent.
It is an exclusive platform provided to innovative African youth in the travel and tourism industry looking for funding, partnership and mentorship opportunities to present their projects to the global marketplace to find the required support for their programmes.
Delegates will connect with African and global tourism leaders, entrepreneurial innovators, and partner organisations from across Africa and the rest of the world.
This year’s summit will include desktop exhibition focused on highlighting youth empowerment initiatives, SMEs trade offerings including tour operators, tourism accommodation facilities, transport service providers, educational institutions, travel and marketing technology start-ups and incubators, employment agencies, professional development and more.
The goal is to provide a transformative platform for African Youth, start-ups, entrepreneurs, students and small enterprises for income generation and career development.
The summit is open to all interested youth, start-ups and professionals in the tourism, travel, hospitality, aviation, academia, technology sectors and all related industries to connect engage, learn, innovate and grow.
Interested individuals, professionals
and organisations should register to
attend the summit on the website
www.youthtourismsummit.com.
Registration is free.