Campaigns for the next United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General (SG) are in full swing. Seven candidates are competing to lead the UNWTO: from Armenia – Mr. Vahan Martirosyan, from Brazil – Mr. Márcio Favilla, from Colombia – Mr. Jaime Alberto Cabal Sanclemente, from Georgia – Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, from the Republic of Korea – Mrs. Young-shim Dho, from Seychelles – Mr. Alain St. Ange, and from Zimbabwe – Mr. Walter Mzembi.
Secretariatul a primit alte șapte cereri care nu au fost însoțite de documentele solicitate. În consecință, cererile nu vor fi depuse la cea de-a 105-a sesiune a Consiliului executiv.
A nominee will be elected by the UNWTO Executive Council at its 105th session to be held on May 11-12, 2017 in Madrid, Spain, and will be recommended to the UNWTO General Assembly, which will take the final decision on the candidature for appointment to the post of Secretary General at its twenty-second session, to be held from September 4-9, 2017 in Chengdu, China. Thirty-four countries are members of the UNWTO Executive Council: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Flanders, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, and Zambia.
În timp ce majoritatea candidaților se concentrează pe lobby și se adresează membrilor Comitetului executiv, Alain St.Ange, fost ministru al turismului pentru Seychelles, are o abordare diferită. El consideră că obținerea aprobării din partea sectorului privat ar influența țările Consiliului Executiv să voteze pentru el. Alain a fost întotdeauna un ministru simpatic și popular, ușor de abordat și de comunicat.
The candidates for the post of Secretary General of the UNWTO have all followed different paths in their campaign for the top job in tourism, but all seven candidates have been appealing to the 34 voting countries for a vote. Courtesy visits to countries are being made to woo them for a vote followed by breakfast, lunch, or dinner meetings and endorsement cocktails at tourism trade fairs. This all involves money and lots of it, and this is where the country’s support of their candidates is very apparent.
St.Ange is the mid-ocean islands of Seychelles’ candidate for SG of the UNWTO. He has opened his doors to the press and was on Quest Means Business with Richard Quest on CNN and also with Adam Boulton on Sky TV and BBC Radio Africa over and above a number of full-color magazines such as FIRST of the UK and many in Africa and the Middle East. As St.Ange appealed to ministers of tourism for their votes, he also appealed to the tourism trade to help his bid.
“Whoever is elected as the new SG of the UNWTO will impact your industry. You need someone who will hears you, one who will be a facilitator to your country and their tourism minister; you need someone who will be a leader and yet a friend, so help me out,” St.Ange said to the tourism trade right across the world.
Acest apel a avut ca rezultat scrisori de aprobare și multe dintre ele. Apelul a dus, de asemenea, la sprijinul grupurilor de lobby, cum ar fi persoanele cu dizabilități, LGBT, organizațiile de femei, grupurile etnice, camerele de comerț și chiar Clubul leului, pentru a solicita sprijin pentru Sfânta Ange a Seychelles ca candidat preferat. Au apărut, de asemenea, presa de turism și turism, precum și politicieni din multe state insulare.
Alain St.Ange, who reacts to each and every Letter of Endorsement, says it is always better to let those who have worked with him speak up for him. “Saying you are good is one thing, this is you blowing your own trumpet, but when those who know you speak up, it shows your belief in democracy and the decentralization of the UN body for tourism,” says St.Ange, who argues that it is not enough to depend on the few who sit in the electoral college of the UNWTO. “The world of tourism needs to be a ward of this coming election, because the new SG will impact tourism and its development for the next four years,” Alain St.Ange said.
Candidatul din Seychelles a primit multe scrisori de aprobare din partea comerțului cu sectorul privat din turism și din presa internațională. Candidatul din Seychelles a primit, de asemenea, Scrisori de aprobare de la președintele Danny Faure din Seychelles și de la Sir James Mancham, președintele fondator al insulelor din Seychelles, care a scris o scrisoare deschisă despre sprijinul său pentru candidatura St.Ange a Seychelles pentru ONU doar cu o săptămână înainte să moară.
Other letters came in from the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Organization (Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, and Seychelles); the Africa Ports Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA); the Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA); the Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA); Fred W. Finn, the World’s Most Travelled Person Guinness World Records; the Seychelles Hindu Kovil Sangam Association, India’s important N.R.I. Welfare Society; the Creole Travel Services of Seychelles; and the Association of Tourism Professionals of Mauritius (ATP); and Eden Island Seychelles.
Bea Broda, the known Producer/Writer/Host/Speaker from the Americas, wrote: “One candidate that stands out to me is Alain St.Ange, the former Minister of Tourism of Seychelles. In the seven years that I have been familiar with his work, I have witnessed the extraordinary dedication, enthusiasm, and visionary brilliance that resulted in his enormous success in this role. St.Ange took a relatively small island nation in the middle of the Indian Ocean and created a way to bring Seychelles to the forefront of global attention with the enactment of the Carnaval International de Victoria. This international event experienced six years of success, not only bringing interest and tourism to the nation, but proudly unifying all of the people who live there towards a common goal. In addition, St.Ange was a founder of the Vanilla Islands of the Indian Ocean, a consortium designed to combine the strengths of the islands located in the Indian Ocean to present a strong front in a competitive market. He has worked ceaselessly in the direction of the absolute success of those issues to which he cheerfully commits his time, and I would personally like to see someone with his considerable vision, dedication, and creativity take the helm of an organization as influential to tourism as UNWTO.”
Theresa St.John, un renumit scriitor de turism, a spus: „Nu de multe ori am șansa de a interacționa cu cineva care vorbește atât de pasionat despre călătorii, turism și despre oamenii din spatele activității sale.” De asemenea, aprobă Sf. Ange și Onor. Xavier-Luc Duval, fost viceprim-ministru al Mauritiusului care avea responsabilitatea pentru turism și a fost și președinte trecut al insulelor Vanilla din Oceanul Indian, acum șef al opoziției din Mauritius; Camera de Comerț și Industrie din Seychelles; Gilbert Lamory, vicepreședintele responsabil pentru dezvoltare pentru GIHP (Groupement pour l'insertion des personnes Handicapees Physiques) din Franța; Johnny Rohregger, regele călătoriilor; și Hardy Lucas, fost coleg politic al candidatului din Seychelles.
Germany’s Thomas Cook Group Airlines Condor Flugdienst GmbH, a leading European Leisure Airlines Group said, “Alain St.Ange is in the top league by global comparison, and we wish him all the best for his candidacy for the UNWTO,” and Wolfgang H. Thome of the Aviation, Tourism & Conservation News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, wrote, “St.Ange is My Man for the UNWTO Top Job.” Maxime Behar, the President of the ICCO, the largest public relations community in the world, being in 48 countries, said, “I know Alain St.Ange as a perfect professional who understands every single small detail in the tourism business, but also has a wide vision on the whole world and knows how to make this business much more efficient and result oriented.” On his part, Peter Sinon, former Seychelles Ambassador & Minister and former Executive Director of the African Development Bank for Africa’s Eastern Constituency said, “I wholeheartedly endorse Alain St.Ange for the post of Secretary General of the UNWTO,” and the AIOM, the Association of Inbound Operators (Mauritius) has also now endorsed him.
One journalist who writes daily on tourism and aviation in East Africa is Wolfgang H. Thome, and he also came out to say the St.Ange was his man for the UNWTO. Wolfgang Thome wrote: “Alain St.Ange and I knew of each other way before we met for the first time, notably in Kampala, where he had come to attend a tourism and trade conference for Eastern Africa and COMESA.
„De atunci, când a fost numit în funcția de director de marketing turistic la Consiliul de turism din Seychelles (STB) - propus de un privat sătul de„ același vechi același vechi ”în acele zile și când a crescut rapid pentru a deveni CEO al STB - am fost în contact permanent unul cu celălalt.
„Alain a apreciat sfaturile și experiența și s-a dovedit a fi un om care nu trage din șold înainte ca toate faptele să fie pe masă și să fie cunoscute și chiar și atunci, a optat pentru convingere și convingerea celorlalți de calea cea bună înainte, decât să se grăbească în declarații și acțiuni precipitate. . Norocul turismului din Seychelles a crescut și a crescut în timp ce se afla la STB, Carnavalul Carnavalurilor, cunoscut și sub numele de Carnavalul Internațional de Victoria, a fost lansat în 2011, iar această lovitură maestră a propulsat arhipelagul în mass-media globală ca niciodată și a rezultat un an mai târziu. în Alain fiind numit ministru al turismului și culturii.
„Relația noastră a prosperat, nu din punct de vedere material, mă grăbesc să subliniez, ci permițând schimburi și interacțiuni mai profesionale, deoarece jongleria marketingului din Seychelles a găsit un nou campion. St.Ange s-a implicat rapid cu industria aeronautică globală, a adus Routes Africa la Victoria și a devenit un vorbitor principal foarte căutat pentru evenimente turistice din întreaga lume, care dorea să afle secretul succesului său și modul în care Seychelles a lovit în mod constant deasupra lor greutate, având în vedere că insulele au doar 90,000 de locuitori. Sfântul Ange a devenit, de asemenea, un campion al investitorilor și părților interesate din turismul din Seychelles, mărturisindu-și credința că israelienii trebuie să-și ia înapoi industria și să înceapă să ofere un produs unic care să reflecte tradițiile și cultura creolă și să toarne acele ingrediente în vasul de topire al ospitalității. industrie.
„Un puternic susținător al formării industriale, și-a aruncat greutatea în spatele Academiei de Turism din Seychelles (STA), care astăzi este un studiu de caz pentru alte țări, modul în care cooperarea și inovația au dus la transformarea STA în instituția de top din Oceanul Indian pentru turism și formare în domeniul ospitalității. În prezent, se află ultimele atingeri ale fazei a doua a unei extinderi în trei etape, St.Ange poate fi mândră că va încuraja sectorul privat și că susține formarea profesională și terțiară a tinerilor israelieni dornici să facă o carieră în industrie.
“Arrivals grew and grew some more with some phenomenal results in recent years, when visitor arrivals set new records from 2009 onwards, now in excess of 300,000 tourists per annum. January this year saw a rise of 34 percent more tourists streaming into the islands, to a large part attributed to a liberalized aviation regime which St.Ange influenced, adding frequencies, larger aircraft, and new airlines calling on Mahe’s international airport, while at the same time Air Seychelles prospered too with new passenger records year after year. When St.Ange a few weeks ago threw his hat in the ring as a candidate for the post of Secretary General of UNWTO, he first resigned so as not to use the resources of his government for his campaign, even though from the President of Seychelles.”
“From HE Danny Rollen Faure to the grassroot stakeholders in the industry and everyone in between, they have all endorsed him in glowing terms. Alain a few days ago came on invitation of the East Africa Tourism Platform (EATP) and of Uganda’s Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities. the Hon. Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, to attend the annual Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo in Kampala. As a keynote speaker and guest of honor at the EATP launch of their ‘Destination East Africa’ web portal, he used the opportunity, as he did in the following panel discussions, the Ministerial Round Table and a series of one-on-one meetings with the East African movers and shakers in the tourism and aviation industry, to present his vision. His manifesto, submitted with his candidacy documents during FITUR at the UNWTO head offices in Madrid, speaks for itself, as it foresees a transformation of UNWTO into an organization for the entire tourism industry as it presents itself in the 21st century, democratizes it, and brings services to the member countries in the field rather than relying only on the functions of the UNWTO office in Spain. I was able to conduct an interview with Alain as the world was still in awe over his interviews at Sky News with Adam Boulton, with CNN’s Richard Quest, and then on the BBC Focus on Africa program, where he made a perfect case why he should be THE candidate for UNWTO’s top job.
“At that stage, something writers and journalists rarely do but which in my case was prompted by various developments, attributed to other candidates and a minute minority section of other travel media who broke protocol to start with by their partiality in reporting when they ditched journalistic principles of fairness and equality, I decided it is time that I too take a stand. Therefore, I now stand side by side with Alain St.Ange as I declare my support for his campaign and without inducements or promised favors, endorse him as my candidate for the upcoming UNWTO elections in May. And that is more than I can say about others who professed friendship when Alain held office and moved to greener pastures when, principled as he is, he resigned to run his own campaign without using his government’s hard-earned tourism revenues or neglecting his duty as a minister by being on the campaign trail for several months.”
Domnul Ramu Pillay de la Asociația indiană din Seychelles a spus din partea sa: „Am lucrat îndeaproape cu Alain St.Ange și împreună am creat un eveniment, sărbătorile zilei Seychelles-Indian Day, pentru a marca rolurile indiene din Seychelles care au jucat în dezvoltarea Seychelles. Ministrul Sfânta Ange a fost un om de cuvânt și nu s-a sfiit niciodată să spună că Seychelles este o țară în care respectul pentru toată lumea a fost principiul călăuzitor. Chiar prin mandatul său, ministrul a spus din nou și din nou că în Seychelles, indiferent de culoarea pielii tale, de credința ta religioasă, de apartenența ta politică, cu orice formă de dizabilitate pe care ai putea să o ai și de preferința ta sexuală, rămâi un persoană și una care are nevoie de respectul societății. Ca comunitate, am fost întotdeauna atât de bine primiți de ministrul Alain St.Ange la birourile sale ministeriale și am apreciat întotdeauna respectul cu care a ascultat cererile și propunerile noastre. Un zid istoric al primilor coloniști indieni care au sosit în Seychelles a fost ridicat la Centrul Cultural Național din cauza hotărârii ministrului de a vedea fiecare ramură care face din Seychelles „Melting Pot of Cultures” nu numai că este recunoscută, dar și dată fiind importanța pe care o meritau. Am văzut anual Carnival International de Victoria aducând națiuni din Comunitatea Națiunilor să împărtășească acest eveniment Melting Pot of Cultures sub tema „Prietenii tuturor și dușmanii nimănui”. Ministrul Alain St.Ange este o personalitate turistică care are pasiune și profesionalism, iar noi, Comunitatea indiană din Seychelles, nu avem nicio rezervă în a-l aproba ca candidat la postul de secretar general al Organizației Mondiale a Turismului a Organizației Națiunilor Unite și facem apel fiecărui sețelian patriot care să ni se alăture pentru a-i ura succes ministrului Sfânta Ange pe 11 mai 2017. ”
Domnul Narasimhan Ramani de la Consiliul hindus din Seychelles, la rândul său, a spus: „Consiliul hindus din Seychelles simte, ca o chestiune de mândrie și onoare, să-l susținem pe domnul Alain St.Ange în funcția de secretar general al Regatului Unit Organizația Națională a Turismului. Domnul Alain St.Ange are subiectul turismului în cursul sângelui său și s-a născut pe insula La Digue, care are mândria de a deține cele mai frumoase plaje ale lumii, susținute de multe organizații legate de călătorii din lumea. După ce a servit Seychelles în diverse funcții în industria turismului, el posedă cunoștințe aprofundate despre mândria, faptele și dificultățile sectorului turistic. Invenția sa a conceptului de insule Vanilla pentru a promova turismul în regiunea Oceanului Indian, Carnaval de Victoria, Seychelles India Day și Seychelles China Day, pentru a populariza Seychelles în întreaga lume sunt etapele carierei sale de ministru al turismului. Mai mult, domnul St.Ange este un om mai presus de politica culorii, crezului, limbii, religiei și etniei și este apreciat pentru eforturile sale de a reuni sub o singură platformă oamenii din diferite culturi și naționalitate pentru binele țară. Participarea sa ca vorbitor principal și principal în diferite platforme din întreaga lume pe tema turismului susține faptul că este cel mai potrivit candidat pentru postul pentru care concurează. Alegerea sa în funcție va aduce mândrie nu numai pentru Seychelles, ci și pentru regiunea noastră din Oceanul Indian, continentul african și întreaga țară din lumea a treia. Noi, membrii Consiliului hindus din Seychelles, susținem din toată inima candidatura domnului Alain St.Ange. ”
Dr. K. Viveganandan, președintele Clubului Melvin Jones și Lion's Club din Seychelles, a declarat: „Clubul leului din Seychelles spune felicitări unui fiu al insulelor noastre pentru că a avut curajul de a fi un candidat credibil pentru United 2017 mai Alegerile Organizației Mondiale a Turismului. Seychelles este mândru să vadă numele nostru listat alături de țările care concurează pentru funcția de secretar general al Organizației Națiunilor Unite pentru Turism. L-am cunoscut pe Alain St.Ange, fostul nostru ministru al Turismului, Aviației Civile, Porturi și Marine și membru al Clubului Lionului din Seychelles. Dedicarea sa de a reuși pentru țară a fost întotdeauna atât de evidentă. Pasiunea sa pentru turism a fost văzută oriunde s-a mutat și în fiecare discurs rostit, iar succesul pentru industria noastră turistică a fost rezultatul pasiunii sale. Lion's Club Seychelles îl susține astăzi pe Alain St.Ange, candidatul Seychelles la funcția de secretar general al Organizației Mondiale a Turismului a Organizației Națiunilor Unite și, în același timp, facem apel la Lion's Club International să se alăture și pentru a susține acest profesionist competent în turism. ”
The Lions Club of Kiev in the Ukraine has followed the example of the Seychelles Lion’s Club and is calling on their members to push the Seychelles candidacy for the post of Secretary General of the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization). The Lion Club members of these two clubs are also calling on members of the Executive Council of the UNWTO they know to express their support for Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles candidate.
Această mișcare a Clubului leului din Kiev, în Ucraina, este interesantă pentru Sfânta Ange a Seychelles, care a văzut mai multe instituții europene de turism avansând pentru a-l sprijini. Deja susținut de Fred W. Finn, cea mai călătorită persoană din lume conform Guinness World Records și ambasadorul onorabil reprezentant al administrației naționale de turism georgiene, St.Ange a primit în timpul târgului ITB Tourism din Berlin, Germania, sprijinul Lelei Krstevska al Agenției pentru Turism a Guvernului Macedoniei.
Macedonia said that one of the main reasons for their endorsement of the Seychelles candidate was his immense experience and positive attitude, which they believe is really important in maintaining the high profile and respect that UNWTO has achieved in recent years, not only in the tourism industry but across a broader spectrum that will pitch UNWTO to a new position that will help to unify the industry. The Macedonia representative also said that the tourism industry provides rewarding and important employment opportunities for women in developed and developing countries and that this helps to provide women with economic independence and empowerment and strengths their position in society. “As a woman myself, I am convinced that Mr. St.Ange will help the gentler sex and will drive initiatives that improve the position of women even further. I would be more than happy to assist him with this,” Lela Krstevska of Macedonia said.
On his part, Fred Finn, the World’s Most Travelled Person as per the Guinness World Records and the Ambassador Honorable Representative of Georgian National Tourism Administration, said in his endorsement that he had known Alain for 20 years or more from when he was in the hospitality industry in Seychelles, and that he had worked alongside this passionate man with vision. “I have been a follower of Alain’s career; his success is a tribute to his hard work. I have been delighted to write about him in OK Magazine, talked on TV shows, and in leading newspapers around the world to talk about Seychelles. Alain has inspired this love of Seychelles not only in me but so many around the world. I now list Seychelles, because of Alain’s interest in me all those years ago, as one on my favorite destinations in everything I write and talk about. I can think of no better person to become Secretary General of the UNWTO than this hardworking, dedicated, talented professional so that he may continue to succeed in his tourism visions on your much bigger stage,” said Fred Finn.
From Europe, CONDOR, the German Airline of Germany, has also echoed support for St.Ange of the Seychelles. Dr. Jens Boyd, the Commercial Director Long Haul for Thomas Cook Group Airlines Condor Flugdienst GmbH, came out with his support for the Seychelles candidate Alain St.Ange for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Dr. Jens Boyd of Thomas Cook Group Airlines Condor wrote: “As a leading European Leisure Airlines Group, we are happy to share our experience in working with former Minister Alain St.Ange of the Seychelles, with whom we were able to successfully grow tourism flows from Central Europe to his home country, and to the Indian Ocean Islands in general. Alain has built an efficient national tourism board organization, established several events to draw global attention, and rallied all local agencies and interest groups behind the objective of bringing more tourists to Seychellois shores. The best tourist leaders are working along the same lines, and this certainly puts him in the top league by global comparison. What has set him apart from even that crowd in our eyes is an all-encompassing view to tourism development that does not stop at his own shores. Alain was actively promoting trips across multiple Indian Ocean Island nations or combinations with mainland Africa, seeing the benefits that a bigger Indian Ocean tourism can bring to all islands. The Vanilla Islands initiative is a pinnacle achievement in that respect, and with the help of Alain and that initiative, we were also able to increase our capacity to Mauritius. Furthermore, as direct air access is and remains a critical part to developing tourism, Alain was an attentive listener and driver of a new national air services regime that allowed not only us, but also other carriers, to build new air connections to the Seychelles. His willingness and ability to identify the critical issues, to discuss them with the various private and political parties, and to find mutually agreeable solutions in a broader context have set him apart from most other tourism leaders we work with. Not least his personality and energy were a key building stone in this success.”
From Bulgaria, the ICCO President, Maxim Behar, on his part said that Alain St.Ange is the perfect candidate for Secretary General of UNWTO. ICCO, the largest public relations community in the world, having 48 countries from all continents with more than 3,000 firms, said: “I know Alain St.Ange as perfect professional who understands every single small detail in the tourism business, but also has a wide vision on the whole world and knows how to make this business much more efficient and result oriented. I fully agree with Alain that the tourism business must be much more united and to work for a better environment, and to emphasize on cultural heritage and specialized travels. But also, Alain is a great personality – he united not only businesses and countries, he united people and ideas, and this is one of his greatest advantages.”
Johnny Rohregger, the “King of Travel from Germany” as he is known in the tourism and travel world has also come out to endorse Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles candidate for the position of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). In a letter, the King of Travel writes: “With pleasure I think on the Seychelles which are stuck on your name. You have been and still are the best representative of your country. Charming and positive, you invite the world to visit the islands of Seychelles. I will never forget the hearty welcome on Denis Island with the red flower carpet – no wind allowed to blow it away, and the friendly laughing faces off your staff who gave a real feeling of welcoming. You continue many more surprises, and I don’t get tired to recommend your Denis Island in my traveling to friends and ex-clients. King Johnny goes further to add, success and luck, we recommend you on our side.”
“Tourism for all” without discrimination was the message being pushed as GIHP, the important lobby group for the involvement of the physically handicapped of France who also threw their support behind Alain St.Ange for SG of the UNWTO. In the French city of Paris, Gilbert Lamory took time to address the press about discrimination in the world of tourism. Gilbert Lamory, the Vice President responsible for Development for GIHP (Groupement pour l’insertion des personnes Handicapees Physiques) of France said that a lot could still be done to respect those who are physically handicapped. Gilbert Lamory on behalf of the GIHP presented Alain St.Ange with a letter of endorsement, and also copies of the GIHP’s worldwide coordinated call for support for St.Ange. Mr. Lamory, who has been a for a number of years the advisor and instructor at the Federation National des Offices du Tourisme et Syndicats d’Initiative to push forward the plight of the handicapped, spoke with emotion to the press present at the presentation of the GIHP letter of endorsement to St.Ange. “There is still a lot to do in many countries for the handicapped persons to travel freely,” he said, before adding that in 2017 the handicapped population of the world had the opportunity to help get someone elected to the post of Secretary General of the UNWTO who was particularly concerned of the concept of tourism for all. “In effect, the election of the new Secretary General of the UNWTO that will be taking place in May will have amongst the candidates Alain St.Ange, who is clearly concerned by the facilities available for those falling in the grouping of handicapped travelers,” Gilbert Lamory said.
“Memo Planet” the French company promoting international tourism, also wrote to say that they were standing behind Seychelles candidate St.Ange for Secretary General of the UNWTO. “We have known Alain St.Ange as Minister responsible for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, and even before that when he only had the Tourism and Culture portfolios, and admired his passion for tourism. This is why, as a known tourism professional video company, we are writing to publicly endorse him as the candidate for Secretary General for the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Mr. St.Ange could never understand NO, and always wanted to find solutions. He believed in working beyond borders and coined many tag lines to attach the lndian Ocean Islands together and also these lovely islands with mainland Africa. We know, and many of my professional photographers share our views, that Alain St.Ange is so well suited for the United Nations position, which is why we are today endorsing him from the ‘tourism at large’ community,” said Remi Voluer of My Lovely Planet.
The Lion’s Club of Kiev of Ukraine also came out. “On behalf of Kyiv Lions Club, it is my pleasure to endorse Alain St.Ange, former Minister of Tourism, Ports, Airports and Culture of Seychelles, for the position of Secretary General of UNWTO. Kyiv Lions Club is indebted to Alain St.Ange for his friendship to Ukraine, and to Kyiv Lions Club in particular, as with his involvement, Seychelles tourism has provided an invaluable contribution to our fundraising activities. His involvement has helped us raise money for many worthy causes, while at the same time bringing Seychelles to the notice of many in Ukraine. Those who have traveled to Seychelles have all come back full of praise for the tourism wonder that Alain St.Ange has built in Seychelles.
“His proven track record of uniting tourism, cultural understanding, and business with worthy causes shows a man of repute and sincerity, a person fit and proper to serve as Secretary General of UNWTO. On behalf of Kyiv Lions Club, I wish Alain St.Ange luck and look forward to welcoming him in Kyiv in his new role,” said Karen-Marie Kragelund, Kyiv Lions Club President in the Ukraine.
The Seychelles candidate has amassed a long list of endorsements from Africa, Asia, Europe, and from the rest of the world. “I prefer to let the world of tourism say what they think of me instead of me telling the world what I have done. The world at large knows that I have been a hands-on minister of tourism and delivered for this industry. It was not talk but action by a leader who remained a friend of the industry pushing for tourism for all without discrimination,” said Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles candidate for SG of the UNWTO.
