Alain St. Ange was appointed along with former Secretary-General of the UNWTO, Dr. Taleb Rifai to lead the ATB COVID 19 Tourism Task Force for Africa

Alain St.Ange, the former Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine of Seychelles, has been appointed to serve on the African Tourism Board's (ATB) COVID-19 Tourism Task Force. 

“African Tourism is going all out against COVID-19,” said members of the newly appointed task force established last week by the African Tourism Board. With COVID-19 cases now spreading in many African countries, the African Tourism Board is the first international organization representing African Interest to go all out against the threat of the deadly coronavirus in Africa which is destroying the continent’s travel and tourism industry.

Alain St. Ange was appointed along with former Secretary-General of the UNWTO, Dr. Taleb Rifai to lead the ATB COVID 19 Tourism Task Force for Africa, and they are joined by the highly succesful and respected Tourism Ministers of Kenya and that of Jamaica. The former Tourism Minister of Egypt among leading tourism leaders have all been called upon in this difficult period to give a helping hand to help the containment of the pandemic, work to assist the SMEs to remain alive, and also to work with tourism private sector international organisations such WTTC & PATA for a relaunch strategy for tourism after COVID-19.

African Tourism Board is giving Africa an important voice in having established the COVID-19 Tourism Task Force for Africa on Friday. ATB was the first organization to take a tough stand and voiced support for border closing and air interruption. ATB’s message to Africa was to stay home and allow tourism to prosper later.