Victoria Falls to host UNWTO in 2013

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Plaque at the entrance of Victoria falls park. The world heritage site shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe will host the 2013 Un WTO general assembly

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Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Smoke that Thunders in the shona, on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe, are the largest in the world.

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The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Smoke that Thunders, at 108 metres/360 ft are the largest in the world.

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Victoria falls gouges in Zimbabwe

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Tourist wave as they relax in a pool on the Zambian side of the Victoria falls. The gouge divdes the two countries.

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David Livingstone memorial at Victoria Falls. Livingstone was one of the first Westerners to make a transcontinental journey across Africa, Luanda on the Atlantic to Quelimane on the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Zambezi, in 1854–56.

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Tourists prepare to jump the highwire over the Zambezi river.

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The Zambezi river flows around the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia after the 108meter drop of the Victoria Falls

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Wildlife at Victoria Falls park.

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Plaque at the foot of David Livingstone's memorial at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

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Plaque at the foot of David Livingstone's memorial at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

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Sign at Victoria Falls warning of the slippery rocks

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Wildlife in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

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During the low rainseason, part of the Victoria falls are bare rock to the bottom 108 meters down where the might Zambezi flows

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Sinem, Editor Fab magazine on the flying fox one of the activities on offer at Victoria Falls. One get clipped into a harness which is attached to a pulley which glides along an almost horizontal cable across the gorge, 125m above the valley floor

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Tourists on the edge of the Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwean side. The world heritage site shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe will host the 2013 Un WTO general assembly

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A group of Spanish tourist at Victoria Falls park

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Two european tourists stand by the edge of the 108 meter drop at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe and Zambia are to host the 2013 UNWTO assembly at Victoria Falls, the World Heritage site that lies between the two countries. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. 19th October 2011

Zimbabwe & Zambia are to co-host the 2013 UNWTO assembly at Victoria Falls, in 2013.
The announcement was made during the 19th Session of the UNWTO general assembly by UNWTO secretary general Talib Rifai in South Korea which took place from October 8 - 14 2011.

The bid will bring 176 countries to Victoria Falls, the largest world gathering of countries in Zimbabwe since the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting held in the resort town, about two decades ago.

Other bidders for the 2113 assembly were Russia, Turkey, Jordan and Qatar.
Zimbabwe and Zambia become the second hosts in Africa to win the bid after Senegal in 2005.
The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders) are located on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. At 108 metres (360 ft), the falls are the largest in the world.

The hosting will be the biggest endorser of the new brand, Zimbabwe a World of Wonders.