BY MUNYARADZI BLESSING DOMA
Zimbabwe has been honoured by the United Nations Tourism to host Africa’s first ever Tourism Academy for Culinary Arts, which scores a major milestone for the country’s sector.
This was revealed by President Mnangagwa last Friday when he officially opened the first UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Africa, in the City of Victoria Falls.
“Zimbabwe is privileged to be hosting Africa’s first-ever Tourism Academy for Culinary Arts, in collaboration with UN Tourism.
“The Academy will be a training ground for the tourism and hospitality industry.
“Professionals will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge, to enhance the quality of services offered in the tourism sector.
“The institutions of higher learning across the continent are challenged to take bold decisions towards capacity building programmes that will grow the pool of highly qualified professionals to impact service level and customer satisfaction in Africa’s tourism sector.
“Further, studies and research into fields such as culinary and gastronomic creativity should open up new horizons by connecting other spheres such as health, nutrition, food production, sustainability, digitalisation and technological entrepreneurship,” said President Mnangagwa.
The UN Tourism said the academy will add to the growing network of education centres they support, helping give workers the skills they need to thrive in the sector and so drive economic growth and social opportunity.
