Zimbabwe International Carnival 2013
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority hosted the Zimbabwe International Carnival that was supposed to run from the May 21-26 2013 but ended up being Harare's biggest ever street procession. For a first time event I think the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) was rather rash in organising what was supposed to be one of Zimbabwe's mega-events hosted to increase tourism arrivals to the "World of Wonders." Coordination of the many proposed events that were supposed to make the carnival week fell apart towards the dates of the Carnival resulting in so many advertised participants not attending. This development left ZTA with no choice but to ride on existing Harare activities resulting in a landslide decrease in the number of attends. Events such as the Mbira Night were hosted at the Book Cafe, which is a considerably small venue hosting less that 200 people comfortably. Reggae night was moved to Red Fox Hotel, one venue that has asserted itself strongly in the reggae ...