U.S. funds Mozambique's tourism development

The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has granted 5.5 million U.S. dollars for the development of tourism in the northern Mozambican provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa.

According to a report reaching here Saturday, this three-year- long initiative was launched in Pemba, the Cabo Delgado provincial capital, by Mozambican Tourism Minister Fernando Sumbana on Thursday.

The program aims at using tourism as "the main tool for environmental preservation and for overall economic development in Mozambique", and at supporting the Tourism Ministry's vision of making Mozambique "the most vibrant tourist destination in Africa. "

USAID has committed itself to supporting the development, promotion and marketing of tourism products, thus attracting investments to the country's private sector, and contributing to professional training, and improvement of the tourism sector's policies.

Source: Xinhua