The tourism industry across the country will probably be ruing the day he said that. I think it's an unfortunate statement for him to make when the country is in a recovery effort.

The return on investment is proven in tourism. Promotional spending must not be viewed as a cost; it must be viewed as an investment.

It's a very unfortunate comment. And I don't think in retrospect he (Benitez) would probably go forward and say that again. Hector has been called upon on multiple occasions to do World Cup qualifying throughout the continent. He's had numerous appointments to many world championships.

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

I doubt he even thought of the impact it would have, if people heeded him.

Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas.