Covid-19 triggered an unprecedented crisis in Africa’s tourism industry. Africa’s travel and tourism sector employed more than 24 million people in 2019, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). But in Africa, domestic tourism has been overlooked for a long time,” said Hermione Nevill, an IFC senior tourism specialist in Johannesburg. Reinventing the industryWhile Africa’s domestic tourism industry is growing – by 2050, Nigeria will have the world’s third largest population, for example – it remains largely untapped and burdened by challenges. The long-term strength and sustainability of Africa’s tourism industry will in part depend on the number of Africans building businesses and supporting and encouraging others on the continent to do so.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 08, 2021 16:07 UTC