How Rwanda is wooing tourists with Mbappe’s iconic UCL photo

Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night had cause to celebrate a famous UEFA Champions League, UCL, first leg victory over Real Madrid at the Parc de Princes.

A missed penalty by Lionel Messi aside, French international Kyllian Mbappe stood out when he stepped up to deal Madrid a fatal blow in the final minutes of the fixture.

Aside all the post-game reactions of praise and more praise for the 23-year-old World Cup winner pops up a photo that captures the footballer, fans, the club and a major advertiser of the club.

Mbappe the footballer, fans of PSG with the club’s flag and an ad banner reading ‘RWANDA IS OPEN.’ It was captured by a photographer with the Twitter handle @arnaudbml.

Rwanda’s tourist board have since posted the photo on its social media handles reiterating the ad message carried in the photo.

Whiles Rwandans have latched onto calling for people to visit their country, people across Africa and the world are calling Rwanda’s sponsorship with PSG a visionary move by President Paul Kagame.

The tiny East African nation entered the deal with PSG years back fending off criticism that the deal was unnecessary, they have a similar deal with Arsenal, the club that Kagame supports.

source: Ghana Web