Tourism in Africa: Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods

Author:
Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli, and Louise Twining-Ward
Publisher:
The World Bank
Publication Date:
3 October 2013
Tags:
Africa, Banking and Insurance, Travel and Tourism

Tourism energizes economies and fuels the economic transformation of countries in Africa.   Its benefits range from livelihoods improvement to export diversification. Tourism in Africa:   Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods, presents how tourism initiates economic development, while highlighting how Sub-Saharan Africa can address the constraints to the growth of tourism in the region. It includes 24 case studies that illustrate tourism development and the critical elements needed to initialize or intensify tourism's success are applicable across the region.

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