Bermuda Premier and Tourism Minister to Deliver Keynote Speech at African Conference on Peace through Tourism

Bermuda Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport, Ewart F. Brown, JP, MP will be a featured Keynote Speaker at the 4th IIPT African Conference on Peace through Tourism being held May 20 thru 25 in Kampala, Uganda.

The Conference is being hosted by the Uganda Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry, and organized in partnership with the Africa Travel Association (ATA) in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the UN Millennium Development Goals.

As Minister of Tourism and Transport and Deputy Premier, Dr. Brown hosted the 2006 Africa Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference held in Bermuda, September 2006.

The goal of the 2006 conference was to provide a continuing forum for sharing philosophies, policies, resources, strategic models, and cultural expression that will enhance heritage tourism development and stimulate the perpetuation of African Diaspora Heritage Trail destinations, programs and products –all crafted from the perspective of people of the African Diaspora working to conserve the vast achievements of our cultures.