MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene has urged hotel operators in the province to use the story of Zimbabwean tourist Zayd Dada, who mysteriously disappeared on Inyangani Mountain almost three years ago, as a marketing tool.
BY KENNETH NYANGANI
Chimene made the remarks at the weekend while officiating at the rebranding of Amber Hotel to Holiday Inn Mutare.
She urged those involved in tourism in the region to claim that Dada would “return” one day.
“We can attract tourists by using the story of that Indian tourist (Dada). Most tourists don’t believe what happened. We will just tell them where he was when he disappeared and we will say to them that he is coming back one day,” she said.
This is despite the fact that former Cabinet minister Tichaendepi Masaya lost two daughters in the same area mysteriously in the early 1980s and nothing has been heard of them ever since.
Chimene added: “I know some of them (tourists) will wait for him to meet them. We need strategies if we are going to survive in this industry. This world is so cruel, so we need to be aggressive in our marketing. Nothing will come on a silver platter.”
Dada disappeared on January 4, 2014 in the company of his wife, Neelam, and another couple as they attempted to climb the mountain.
To date, there has been no clue as to what could have happened to him, with searches drawing blanks.
Five people are recorded as having disappeared on the country’s sacred highest peak.
Nyaope ngefodya hazvisanganiba
ngewebongozozo chete njere hapana
Ugly with no brains…..combination yacho ma one.
njere hapana muna mbuya ava.
Vanoita njere vakadzidza kupiko mai ivava. Ngavatibvire kumhepo hedu isu, toda fresh air
Muregerereiwo Mwanditewepi. Akadzidza chaizvo kusvika apedza grade 3 yose
Mandiitiraweti Chimene.Mugabe’s cabinet material
mandiita Wemugomo rinoera
this ugly woman is pathetic, she has no heart
imbanje dzinomukanganisa
Mandiitawepi? Takuita wemugomo
Mandiitawefodya is always high on drugs,thats the least we can expect from her.
Mandiita wembanje, yes this is a cruel, criminal world. You and your kleptocratic “govt” are complicit in that cruelty.
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