O le minisita o turisi a Kenya, Najib Balala, o le Minisita o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai i le Tausaga o Aferika i le 2009.
O Balala na tulaʻi mai i luga o le toafitu o minisita o turisi oe na puʻupuʻuina lisi mo le faʻailoga i le taimi o Aferika Turisi Investors Summit ma Award Gala na faia i le Aso Toonaʻi i le Joachim Chissano Conference Center i Maputo, Mozambique.
O le mea na tupu na faʻatulagaina e le International Pan-Africa investment group, Aferika
Investor (Ai) i le faiga paʻaga ma le Malo o Mozambique, le Faʻavaomalo
Faalapotopotoga Turisi a le Lalolagi (UNWTO) le Faalapotopotoga o Tupe Faava o Malo (World Bank Group) ma le NEPAD.
O lona faʻamoemoe ia faʻamanatuina le ausiaina o tagata taʻitoʻatasi, malo, pisinisi ma faʻalapotopotoga ua latou faia se saofaga maoaʻe i le tuputupu aʻe o le gafataulimaina o turisi gafatia i Aferika.
O Balala na filifilia e le vaega o faʻamasino e toʻalima na taitaifono ai le polofesa o Geoffrey Lipman, o le faufautua faʻapitoa a le Lalolagi mo tagata tafafao maimoa mai.
O isi o Ms. Irene Visser, o Tagata Tafafao o Polokalame mo Tagata Tafafao i le International Finance Corporation, Mr Trevor Ward, o le Pule Pule o le W Hospitality Group ma Ms. Kate Rivett-Carnac o le Development Bank o Aferika i Saute.
Na aloaʻia le Minisita mo ana taumafaiga i le taʻitaʻia o le polokalame o le toe faʻaleleia o turisi i Kenya i le 2008 ma siitia ai le talaaga o turisi a Kenya o se taʻimua i le lalolagi i turisi gafataulimaina.
Na ia tauia foi le taʻimua i le faʻatinoina o faiga faʻavae a le malo i le faʻalauiloaina o le gafataulimaina o turisi.
O Kenya ma Gabon na taʻua o ni atunuʻu ua faʻatauaina a latou tamaoaiga i le faʻalauiloaina o latou atunuʻu o ni nofoaga tafafao maimoa mai fafo.
O le fonotaga a tagata tafafao maimoa ma faʻailoga ua fuafuaina e faʻailoa ai avanoa ma mea na ausia e Aferika i le lalolagi atoa, faʻalauiloa faʻatasi e uiga ia Aferika o se turisi e taunuʻu ma faʻamanuiaga vaega o loʻo atinaʻeina le atinaʻe o turisi a Aferika o se auala e unaʻia ai le olaola faʻatuputupulaia o le tamaoaiga.
O le Aferika Turisi Minisita o le Tausaga Award o le sili tauvaga i totonu o 14 vaega o faʻailoga.
Lenei tausaga, sa i ai faamaumauga mai Aferika taʻitaʻi taʻitaʻi aofia ai Najib Balala (Kenya), Shamsa Mwangunga (Tanzania), Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia), Fernando Sumbana Jr (Mozambique), Mohammed Boussaid (Morocco), Khelil Lajimi (Tunisia), Charles Xavier Luc Duval (Mauritius) ma Marthinus Van Schalkwyk o Aferika i Saute o le na manumalo i le faailoga i le 2008.
E lima isi faʻalapotopotoga Kenyan na puʻupuʻuina lisi mo faʻailoga eseese ae latou te leʻi manumalo.
Na latou aofia ai le Kenya Tourism Board i le vaega o Turisi Faʻalauiloa Ofisa o le Tausaga ma le Turisi Faʻatuatuaga (TTF) i lalo o le Best Initiative i le Faʻafaigofieina SME Turisi Faʻatupeina.
O isi faamaumauga na aofia ai Kenya Airways (Best Airline), Eagle Africa Insurance Brokers (Business Travel Insurer), Ol Malo Eco-Lodge ma Trust (Sustainable Tourism Investment) ma Nairobi City (Turisi Investor City of the Year).
"O loʻu manumalo ma le amanaiaina o isi fitu turisi tagata tafafao maimoa mai Kenya i le taui faʻaalia ai o Kenya o se sili taua i atinae o turisi i Aferika ma le lalolagi. O le faʻailoga o se faʻaeaea mo le atinaʻe o turisi i Kenya, "o le tala lea a Balala.
