HARD TIMES FOR CAPE VERDE TOURISM

An archipelago of ten islands located off the coast of Senegal, Cape Verde owes 22% of its GDP to tourism, which is also its primary source of foreign currency. A popular destination for European tr ...

KENYA’S TOURISM REVENUE UP BY 83% IN 2022

Samuel Dorsi -
Kenya's tourism revenue jumped by 83% to 268 billion shillings (about $2.1 billion) in 2022 amid a post-pandemic recovery, the government's Tourism Research Institute announced last week. ...

TOURIST ARRIVALS IN SOUTH AFRICA INCREASED BY 49 %

Laura Maudlin -
The tourism industry in South Africa is experiencing significant growth, as evidenced by the latest international arrival data released by Statistics South Africa covering the period from January to D ...

UGANDA’S NATIONAL PARKS PLAN TO ATTRACT PRIVATE JETS

Justin N. Froyd -
The African country of Uganda plans to boost tourism in national parks through improved infrastructure. Expanded bush airfields are supposed to help. ...

TUNISIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY EXPECTS A STRONG YEAR

Justin N. Froyd -
The Tunisian Minister of Tourism, Mohamed Moez Belhassine, emphasized “a strong demand for the Tunisian destination in 2023”, based on the information from tour operators. He stressed the need to pre ...