The Daily Mail
06/01/12 Jason Groves
“Outrage as Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is honored by
UN as a ‘leader for tourism’”
DURING his three decades in power, Robert Mugabe has dragged
once-wealthy Zimbabwe into the gutter.
His forced seizure of white-owned farms precipitated the
collapse of the economy, leading to devastating poverty.
He has the blood of tens of
thousands of his people on his hands and is banned from travelling to
most parts of the world because of his regime’s human rights abuses.
Strange then that the United Nations has honored the tyrant
as a tourism ‘ambassador’.
In a move prompting condemnation, the UN’s World Tourism Organization
has invited Mugabe to join its prestigious ‘Leaders for Tourism’ group.
Labour MP Kate Hoey, who is chairman of the all-party group
on Zimbabwe, described the move as ‘an
affront to the people of Zimbabwe’.
She added: ‘For a man who has destroyed his country’s
infrastructure and cynically engineered hunger to be an “ambassador” for
tourism is disgraceful – particularly as he has been personally responsible for
the downward spiral of the economy and destroyed the hotel, travel and tourism
industry in the process.’
‘Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe’s economy and does not
deserve any recognition, least of all for encouraging tourism.’
Kumbi Muchemwa, a spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Movement for
Democratic Change, the main opposition party, said: ‘Robert Mugabe is under
international sanctions, so how do you have an international tourism ambassador
who can’t travel to other countries? The UN is losing credibility. Does it
think people should go to a country where the law is not obeyed?’
Common Sense Review
This is so laughable and the UN credibility is question as
if it wasn’t before. However the UN give
a dictator of an African county the title of “Leader for Tourism”.
I know when I am think of vacation spot, Zimbabwe is at the
top of my list.
In a continent where 75% of the countries are on the US Travel warning list due to civil
unrest and threats to Americans, (which 17 African countries out of a total of 31
countries are on the Warning list). How is this dictator the “leader of tourism”? Great motto's:
“Zimbabwe where avoiding violent crowd is a part of the fun”
“Come be arrested for assisting in Humanitarian aid in
Zimbabwe”
“Zimbabwe… Have you been assaulted today… Why YES!”
“Zimbabwe… Where you can commit a crime and not know it”
“Zimbabwe, where take photos of nature can get you detain”
“Zimbabwe, where eating is like being a participant in ‘Fear
Factor’ “
Maybe I should be the leader of tourism for Zimbabwe….
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