Africa Region Tourism Strategy : Transformation through Tourism - Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods

This paper presents the strategy vision for Africa of promoting tourism. The strategy relies on four pillars: policy reforms, capacity building, private sector linkages, and product competitiveness. Working closely with client countries, implementation of the Africa Region Tourism Strategy, will focus interventions in these four areas in order to address the persistent constraints to the growth of tourism in Africa. Combined, these interventions will enable high-demand tourism products to compete in the global marketplace. The approach is region-wide; it engages staff across the Bank's Africa Region. Implementation will be led by Africa Region s Finance and Private Sector Development Department (AFTFP). The World Bank Group support to the Africa tourism sector is currently 120 million US dollars. It could reach 500 US dollars million by 2015, generating as many as 300,000 direct formal jobs. The report examines the social, environmental, and economic risks associated with poorly managed tourism, and offers recommendations based on years of experience with tourism projects.This review has provided a snapshot of what Bank has been doing to support tourism development, and its alignment with national strategies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings from this review are anticipated to facilitate future dialogue and negotiations among tourism stakeholders to increase support for tourism development in the region.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011
Subjects:	ACCOMMODATION SECTOR, ADVENTURE TOURISM, ADVENTURE TOURISM PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AIR TRAVEL, APPROACH TO TOURISM, ARMED CONFLICT, ART, BEACH, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PROJECT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS TRAVEL, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, CIVIL STRIFE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CODES OF CONDUCT, COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY · TOURISM, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS INDEX, CONSERVATION AREAS, CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE, CONSUMERS, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM, CULTURAL TOURISM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, DESTINATIONS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, DOMESTIC TRAVEL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECOTOURISM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXCURSIONS, EXPEDITIONS, EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION, EXPORTS, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FORESTS, FRANCHISES, GLOBAL TOURISM, GORILLA CONSERVATION, GORILLAS, GROWTH OF TOURISM, HERITAGE PROTECTION, HERITAGE SITES, HERITAGE TOURISM, HISTORIC SITES, HOSPITALITY SECTOR, HOTEL, HOTEL GROUPS, HOTEL PROJECTS, HOTEL ROOMS, HOTEL STAFF, HOTELS, IMPORT DUTIES, INEQUALITY, INTERNATIONAL HOTELS, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, INTERNATIONAL TOURIST, INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS, INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, INVESTMENT POLICY, LAKES, LAND REFORM, LEISURE, LEISURE TOURISM, LEISURE TOURISTS, LEISURE TRAVEL, LIONS, LOCAL TOURISM, MARINE RESERVES, MIGA, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF TOURISM, MOUNTAIN GORILLA, NATIONAL PARKS, NATURAL ASSETS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURE TOURISM, POOR TOURISM, PUBLIC TOURISM, REAL ESTATE, RECREATION, REEFS, REGIONAL TOURISM, REGIONAL TOURISM STRATEGY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, REMOTE LOCATIONS, RESORT, RESORTS, RESTAURANTS, ROADS, ROLE OF TOURISM, SAFARI, SAFARI TOURISM, SEASONAL NATURE, SERVICE QUALITY, SMALL BUSINESSES, SOCIAL BENEFITS, SOURCING, SPECIES, STAKEHOLDERS, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE COASTAL TOURISM, SUSTAINABLE COASTAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, TAX REVENUE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TEXTILES, TOUR OPERATIONS, TOUR OPERATOR, TOUR OPERATORS, TOURISM, TOURISM ACTIVITIES, TOURISM ACTIVITY, TOURISM ASSET, TOURISM ASSETS, TOURISM ASSOCIATIONS, TOURISM ATTRACTIONS, TOURISM BOARDS, TOURISM BUSINESS, TOURISM BUSINESSES, TOURISM COMPANIES, TOURISM CONSULTANTS, TOURISM DATA, TOURISM DEMAND, TOURISM DESTINATION, TOURISM DESTINATIONS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, TOURISM DISTRIBUTION, TOURISM EXPENDITURE, TOURISM FLOWS, TOURISM GROWTH, TOURISM INCOME, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TOURISM INDUSTRY STATISTICS, TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE, TOURISM INVESTMENT, TOURISM INVESTMENT PROMOTION, TOURISM ISSUES, TOURISM MANAGEMENT, TOURISM MANAGERS, TOURISM MARKET, TOURISM MARKETING, TOURISM OPERATIONS, TOURISM POLICY, TOURISM PORTFOLIO, TOURISM POTENTIAL, TOURISM PRODUCT, TOURISM PRODUCTS, TOURISM PROFESSIONALS, TOURISM PROGRAM, TOURISM PROJECT, TOURISM PROJECTS, TOURISM RESEARCH, TOURISM RESOURCES, TOURISM SCHOOLS, TOURISM SECTOR, TOURISM SERVICES, TOURISM STRATEGY, TOURISM TRAINING, TOURISM WORKERS, TOURISM WORKFORCE, TOURIST, TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, TOURIST ASSOCIATIONS, TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, TOURIST BOARDS, TOURIST EXPENDITURE, TOURIST SERVICE, TOURISTS, TOURS, TRADE INTEGRATION, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRAVEL DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL MARKET, TRAVELERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN POVERTY, UTILITIES, VACATION, VISITOR, VISITOR SPENDING, VISITORS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WAGES, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE AUTHORITY, WILDLIFE RESOURCES, WORLD TOURISM, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/16418267/africa-region-transformation-through-tourism-harnessing-tourism-growth-improved-livelihoods http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12841
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