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Date Posted: 06:13:38 02/21/05 Mon
HARARE TO HOST MISS TOURISM WORLD
VICTORIA FALLS, February 17, 2005(New Ziana) - The venue for the Miss Tourism World pageant has been moved from Victoria Falls to Harare as the resort town does not have the capacity to accommodate the huge influx of international visitors, organisers said on Thursday.
"There has been a lot of interest that has been generated all over the world. After looking at the logistical aspect of it, we thought this venue is not most appropriate," event spokesperson, Michael Orji, told New Ziana.
He said the event, to be held on February 28, would now be held at the Harare International Conference Centre, which has a better carrying capacity.
Orji said the decision was arrived at after consultations with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Ministry of Information and Publicity and the ZimSun Leisure Group.
Apart from the change of venue, he said, everything was going according to plan.
"We will leave Victoria Falls on Sunday for Harare where we will wind up the schedule on the 28th of this month," he said.
"This whole thing is about tourism and we are here to view the country's tourist attractions." Orji added that the planned activities such as the shooting of a documentary and photo shoots for the models had been done as planned.
Meanwhile organisers of the event have released the qualities to be considered in the search for the winner.
Some of the characteristics include responsibility, confidence, level of motivation for the job as well as the level of willingness and dedication to work as a role model.
"Along with the glory of a crown comes the hard work of appearances and making sponsors and the community proud to have her as a role model," the organisers said.
Other global pageants include the Miss Millionaire, Model of the World, Model of the Universe, and Mr Tourism World.
Zimbabwe is being represented in the event by the reigning Miss Zimbabwe, Oslie Muringayi.
Zimbabwe won the bid to host the event after extensive consideration by a team of selectors.
China and Thailand were the other bidders.
Seventy-two countries will participate at the event which is being held in Africa for the first time.
Zimbabwe is expected to take advantage of the show to market its unparalleled tourism potential to the world.
Last year the country received 1,27 million tourists and netted in US$ 152,3 million from their arrivals.
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