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Shaun Mann
Shaun Mann is a Senior Tourism Development Specialist with the World Bank Group in Washington, DC. He started his career in tourism in 1990 in the private sector as a tour operator...view moreShaun Mann is a Senior Tourism Development Specialist with the World Bank Group in Washington, DC. He started his career in tourism in 1990 in the private sector as a tour operator and lodge developer in his home country of Uganda. In 1997 he joined Uganda Tourism Board overseeing the growth of Uganda's diverse tourism offer. He raised finances on behalf of the government for a range of sources for product and market development activities and over the course of six years saw international tourism grow by 300%. In 2003 Shaun left Uganda to complete a Master in Tourism Administration from George Washington University and in 2005 Shaun joined the World Bank Group. Since then he was worked on tourism development projects and provided advice to more than 40 countries and was instrumental in positioning tourism as a key development sector within the World Bank. Since 2019 and the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, when the economic, environmental and social vulnerabilities of tourism were fully exposed, Shaun has focused on helping countries with policies around tourism resilience and sustainability.view less