Sanganai/Hlanganani – World Tourism Expo is an annual Tourism Trade Fair organized by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority. It showcases the widest variety of Africa’s best tourism products, and attracts international visitors and media from across the world.
The Fair is the successor of Shanyai/Vakatshani, the Zimbabwe International Travel Expo (ZITE) that was held annually at the Harare International Conference Centre. ZITE started as a small expo in 1982 and grew over the years to become one of Africa’s leading tourism showcases by 2007.
The past eleven editions of Sanganai/ Hlanganani were a resounding success and attracted the leading African destinations and major world tourism markets such as South Africa, Botswana, Malaysia, China, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Indonesia, India, Italy and many others. The editions have seen the whole world converging in Zimbabwe in the form of high calibre international buyers as well as exhibitors.
The Fair provides a unique opportunity for tourism stakeholders to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business with tourism professionals from both local and various tourism source markets under one roof.
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority successfully hosted the 11 editions of Sanganai/Hlanganani- World Tourism Expo in Zimbabwe. The growth of the fair is attested to the increase of exhibitor numbers and international buyers across the continent from many source markets with the last edition having attracted over 250 international media and over 300 buyers.
