Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is announced as winner of the 2019 World Tourism Award.
The World Tourism Forum announced that Ahmed was named among nominated leaders for his outstanding and exemplary efforts to promote the growth and improvement of the Ethiopian tourism industry.
Progress in the tourism sector since the rise to power of the premier in 2018 has enabled him to win the award and it will be presented in November in London, the United Kingdom.
On August 7, the President of the Forum, Bulut Bagci, declared in Addis Ababa that he is willing to promote collaborative projects with Ethiopia, to increase the development of the tourism sector in this African nation.
Based in Istanbul, the World Tourism Forum is an organization that works under the auspices of the government of Turkey, bringing together international leaders and representatives, and has as its main objective the development of tourism around the world.