(Posted 25th October 2023)
Africa’s premier and pan-African sports travel trade event known as African Sports Tourism Week has evolved and renamed Sport, Tourism & Diplomacy Forum. Having existed for 6 years, the organizers said “it’s about time we advanced this conversation and make it a high level engagement”.
Organized by Diplomacy Publishing & Event, a firm known for International Diplomacy Stableford Golf Tournament, Consul General Cup, Global Harmony Night, Aviation Cup Africa Golf Tournament and its publication Afri Diplomat magazine; the high level diplomatic engagement will have as speakers Laurent M.J. Boeck – Chief of Mission UN International Organization for Migration, Desmond Chiji – Global Network Delegate to Nigeria & Ghana LALIGA, H.E. Alhaji Lai Mohammed – Special Adviser To The Secretary General UN World Tourism Tourism Organization and Ephraim Kabura – Head of Field Office Lagos – United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
Speaking on the event, the Chief Diplomatic Broker of Diplomacy Publishing & Events — Sòókò Deji Ajomale-McWord — who was recently appointed as the Commissioner for Sports Tourism at African Tourism Board, said that “the forum which will be organized in partnership with Afri Diplomat Magazine and Radisson Blu Ikeja, is a convergence of bright minds, where ideas are cross-bred with the chief aim of finding ways to advance social cohesion, humanitarianism, global harmony, sustainability and climate action – using sport and tourism as viable tools in the realization of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”.
According to the organizers, the event will hold at Radisson Blu Ikeja on the 30th of November, and will hold alongside The Arena Awards, a set of awards recognizing innovation, creativity and resilience of brands, institutions and individuals pushing the frontiers and enabling the development of sports tourism in Nigeria.
