Destination / African Islands with Great Potential

After more than a year or two of strict anti-covid measures resulting in long border closures, Mauritius is now easing up its measures. On July 1, the island removed all travel restrictions, including the Covid-19 test for unvaccinated travelers. These measures are part of a sectoral recovery plan led by the Mauritius tourism ministry. They are financed to the tune of approximately 8.8 million euros. Objective: to boost tourism revenues. "I am convinced that the recovery from the pandemic is ...

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 travelers, this natural jewel of the Atlantic Ocean has seen its tourist arrivals drop to 180,000 visitors in 2020 for 147.96 million euros in revenue, compared to 758,000 tourists and 506.48 million euros in revenue in 2019. Last February, the government allocated 20 million euros by 2026 as part of...

The first African country ranked by the World Bank among high-income countries and one of the few that stand out in economic freedom rankings, Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands and less than 97,000 people. Before Covid, the sovereign island nation received four times its population equivalent or 428,000 tourists for more than 552 million euros in 2019. In the midst of the health crisis, these numbers have dropped to 124,500 tourists and nearly 200 million euros in revenue in 2020. I...

Often described as a "nature sanctuary" for its rich fauna and flora, Madagascar, like economies aware of their potential, dreams of a tourism revival. And this, was after the numbers plummeted to 87,100 tourists and 176.85 million euros revenues in 2020, against the records of 486,000 tourists for 849.49 million euros in 2019. Following the trend observed during the first months of the year, the Madagascar tourism ministry is optimistic and expects that visitors from France, Germany, and South...

Located in the Indian Ocean, north of the Mozambique Channel and northeast of Madagascar, Comoros is a small archipelago of four islands and 1.07 million inhabitants. The authorities want to make it a flagship tourist destination in the region, relying in particular on the quality of its beaches, its lagoons and its karthala whose crater is the largest volcano in the world. This is the path mapped out by President Azali Assoumani's Emergence Plan 2030, in which tourism is considered a catalyst...

With its 211,000 inhabitants, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe is, in many ways, considered the natural gem of the Atlantic Ocean. Nicknamed "Chocolate Island" for its richness in cocoa, this island - located in the Gulf of Guinea, not far from the coasts of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea - is traditionally an agricultural island more than a tourist one. But the exporter of agricultural commodities is beginning to awaken its tourism fiber since the recent crises have disrupted th...