The
Africa Travel Association
(ATA) announced that
dates have been set for
the 38th Annual ATA World
Congress in Cameroon,
a country
of more than 20
million people
located in West Central
Africa.
The
event will be held from May 29 to June 2 under the auspices of
Honorable Minister Bello Bouba Maigari of the Ministry of Tourism and
Leisure.
The
2013 event will take place in the English-speaking Southwest part of
the country with a focus on Buea, the capital of
the Southwest region, and Limbe, a seaside city on the southern
slopes of Mount Cameroon, one of Africa’s highest peaks and largest
volcanoes. Known for its rich and fertile soil, the Southwest is home
to a range of plantations, including tea, palm oil, rubber and
bananas.
The
region is also home to the Limbe Wildlife Center. A former zoo, today
it’s a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation project with critically
endangered wildlife species including gorillas, chimpanzees, and
several species of monkeys, among some reptiles and birds. The
Botanical Gardens next to the center offers tourists an overview of
Cameroon’s flora and fauna. Another top tourism site includes the
historic eighteenth century slave trade port at Bimbia, which once
was one of the busiest slave-ship departure points on Africa’s
Atlantic Coast to plantations in North and South America and across
the Sahara.
Delegates
should plan to fly into Douala International Airport.
Further congress details
will be posted athttp://africatravelassociation.org/events/ac.html.
