Dr. Taleb Rifai adapanga African Tourism Board kukhala malo abwinoko padziko lapansi

"Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire bizinesi yathu, tiyeni nthawi zonse tizikumbukira kuti bizinesi yathu yayikulu ndiyomwe tidzakhala, ndikupangitsa dziko lino kukhala malo abwinoko." Munthu amene ananena mawu awa - ndipo ndi mlangizi wa ambiri m'makampani opanga maulendo ndi zokopa alendo - tsopano alinso m'gulu la African Tourism Board (ATB).

Dr. Taleb Rifai, wakale UNWTO Secretary-General tsopano ndi membala wa board komanso wolemekezeka wa bungwe la Bungwe la African Tourism Board gulu lotsogolera. Pomwe Africa ikhala malo amodzi oyendera zokopa alendo padziko lapansi anali maloto oyambitsa ntchitoyi pomwe idayambitsidwa ndi Wapampando wa ICTP a Juergen Steinmetz ku World Travel Market ku London mu Novembala 2018.

Kukhazikitsidwa kovomerezeka pa WTM Capetown mu Epulo kunali chinthu chofunikira kwambiri ku African Tourism Board pomwe gulu lonse la ku Africa lidabwera kudzakhazikitsa NGO yatsopanoyi. Maonekedwe atsopanowa, logo yatsopano, chaputala chatsopano, ndi gulu latsopanoli zikuyembekezeka kudzayambitsidwa mwalamulo ndikukhazikitsidwa sabata yamawa.

Lero, pa World Tourism Conference ku Johannesburg, wakale UNWTO Secretary-General adakhala membala wa board komanso wolemekezeka. Izi zatha pa msonkhano dzulo ndi mkulu wa bungwe la ATB Doris Woerfel komanso wapampando wa ATB Cuthbert Ncube.

Woyambitsa komanso Wotsogolera wa Juergen Steinmetz adati: "Dr. Taleb Rifai kulowa nafe sikungokhala ulemu chabe koma kuvomereza bungwe lathu. Chuma chambiri ndi kulumikizana komwe Dr. Rifai akubweretsa patebulopo zibweretsa kukhazikitsidwa komaliza pamlingo watsopano. Zikomo, Taleb, chifukwa chothandizidwa kuyambira pomwe tidayamba modzichepetsa. Ndikukumbukira bwino kwambiri Ndemanga zomaliza za Dr. Rifai pa UNWTO - Pangani dziko lino kukhala malo abwinoko. "

Dr. Taleb Rifai, Doris Woerfel ndi Cuthbert Ncube

Mtsogoleri yemwe akubwera a Cuthbert Ncube adati: "Kwa ife ku ATB, kudzuka kwakukulu ku kontrakitala kwathu ndikowona - makamaka pamakampani azokopa alendo komwe Africa ili ndi chuma chambiri, kontrakitala yopambana kwambiri tikamaganizira zachilengedwe, mbiri, komanso chikhalidwe. Africa ili ndi zonse zofunika pazokopa. Ndikuthandizira kwamunthu, kuwonjezerapo phindu komwe kumafunikira kuti kontinenti ifike pamlingo wina. ATB yasankha kutenga nawo mbali pothandizira dziko lino kuti likhale chimphona pakati pa madera ena apadziko lonse lapansi.

"Ndi mwayi kulandira Dr. Taleb Rifai yemwe akulowa mu ATB ngati membala wa Board komanso Honorary Patron akubweretsa zambiri."

Dr. Taleb Rifai (wobadwa 1949) ndi wachuma waku Jordan yemwe anali Secretary-General wa  United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)  ku Madrid, Spain, mpaka Disembala 31, 2017, atagwira ntchitoyi kuyambira pomwe adasankhidwa mogwirizana mu 2010.

Dr. Taleb Rifai adasankhidwa kukhala Secretary-General wa World Tourism Organisation ku General Assembly ku Astana, Kazakhstan, yomwe idachitika mu Okutobala 2009 pomwe adayamba zaka 4 pa Januware 1, 2010.

Adatenga ntchito ya Secretary-General pakanthawi kwakanthawi ka World Tourism Organisation kuyambira Marichi 1, 2009 ndipo adakhala Deputy Secretary-General kuyambira February 2006 mpaka February 2009.

Bambo Rifai amadziwa kwambiri ntchito za boma m'mayiko osiyanasiyana, m'mabungwe abizinesi, komanso maphunziro. Asanalowe nawo UNWTO, anali Assistant Director-General wa International Labor Organization (ILO). Bambo Rifai adatumikiranso m'maudindo angapo m'boma la Jordan - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Minister of Information, and Minister of Tourism and Antiquity.

Monga CEO wa Kampani ya Cement ku Jordan, a Rifai adatsogolera bwino njira yoyamba yogulitsa masheya ku Jordan mkati mwa 1990s.

Maudindo ena omwe adakhala nawo ndi Director of the Economic Mission kupita ku Washington DC komanso Director General wa Investment Promotion Corporation ya Jordan. Mpaka 1993, a Rifai adachita nawo kafukufuku, kuphunzitsa, ndikuchita zomangamanga ndi kapangidwe kamatauni ku Jordan ndi USA.

Ali ndi Ph.D. mu Urban Design ndi Regional Planning kuchokera ku University of Pennsylvania ku Philadelphia, MA ku Engineering and Architecture ochokera ku Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) ku Chicago, ndi BS.c. mu Architectural Engineering kuchokera ku University of Cairo ku Egypt.