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SAO PAULO Jeff Heuerman Game Jersey , March 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazil international winger Michel Bastos struck in second-half injury time as Sao Paulo beat defending champions San Lorenzo 1-0 in their Copa Libertadores group match on Wednesday.


The Argentine outfit looked set to secure a vital point away from home before Bastos' dramatic winner at the Morumbi stadium.


The 31-year-old sent the partisan crowd into raptures by meeting a Carlinhos cross with a diving header at the far post.


The result lifted the Brazilian outfit to second in Group 2, three points behind leaders Corinthians. San Lorenzo are third with three points.


"I'm still feeling the emotion," Bastos told the Globo television network after the match. "Today we showed that we are a quality team, with fighting spirit and belief."


"Today we had to win to put us on track to going through to the next phase [of the tournament]."


In Wednesday's only other match, Brazil's Atletico Mineiro secured their first win of the campaign by defeating Colombia's Independiente Santa Fe 1-0 in Bogota.


Lucas Pratto scored in the 59th minute with a bullet header from a Sherman Cardenas corner kick.


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ARUSHA, Tanzania, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago is currently facing a serious shortage of qualified workers, the situation that forces tour operators to hire foreigners Jake Butt Game Jersey , to do the hospitality jobs, according to a new report released Sunday.


The report, which was commissioned by Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors (ZATI), cited lack of adequate numbers of skilled people as one of the serious challenges thwarting tourism development in the Indian Ocean Islands.


Financed by Tanzania's business, advocacy, and dialogue facility Garett Bolles Game Jersey , BEST Dialogue, the report noted that to devise and develop a skilled workforce in Zanzibar, there is a need to define national skills development pathway.


In long run, the report suggested the need for skills development to be embedded in the education and training sector,.


It also called for the workplace skills training programme, more internships Courtland Sutton Game Jersey , apprenticeship training and calls for recognition of prior learned skills.


According to the report, over 60 percent of foreign workers in Zanzibar is in the tourism sector, largely due to insufficient supply of skills from the local labor market (in terms of quality and quantity) for the industry. This is an indication that there is a great need to develop a local workforce to be able to handle tourism business operations in the Isles.


"New skills are needed for Zanzibar to remain competitive and tackle the new tourist demands," said Seif Miskry, ZATI chairman.


He described tourism sector, as a labour intensive Case Keenum Game Jersey , employs a multiplicity of skills - accountants, hairdressers, tour guides and trackers and so on, thus it is one of the quickest ways to generate many jobs within a short period.


"This is why stakeholders in the public and private sector must come together and agree on the way forward in developing adequate and quality human resource for the tourism sector in Zanzibar," he noted.


ZATI commissioned "Skills Analysis for Zanzibar Tourism Industry" after noting most of the members of the association faced skills gaps, detrimental to their drive to grow the business.


"The hospitality industry has been experiencing a skills shortage... where it's hard to find and recruit quality employees with the right skill and can stay for the long term Von Miller Game Jersey ," said Miskry.


Zanzibar government and the private sector have been working together in a number of initiatives to make Zanzibar top destination of the Indian Ocean tourism, as outlined in the Zanzibar Tourism Development Policy.


According to Miskry, this can be realized and it will have a huge impact on the people and Zanzibar economy, thus it's only prudent to ensure the local youth are adequately skilled to take the industry to the next level.


"We believe that our tourist attractions are world-class but the economy is not fully benefiting from their potential because of some hurdles, which if addressed, will be a game changer Royce Freeman Game Jersey ," noted ZATI Chairman.


Miskry said it was paramount for Zanzibar to invest more in tourism education and training, while at the same time ensuring that public policies are made to stimulate travel and tourism job creation. To that effect, ZATI plans in the near future to hold a public private dialogue on seeking a lasting solution to the problem of lack of adequate skilled labour force for the industry.


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