Tag: Tourism
tralac’s Daily News Selection
28 Jul 17 NewsStarting on Monday: 2nd SADC Industrialisation Week: Partnering with the private sector in developing industry and regional value chains. Southern Africa Trust briefing
37th Ordin...
African tourists emerge as powerhouse for tourism on the continent, says UNCTAD report
06 Jul 17 NewsFour out of 10 international tourists in Africa come from the continent itself, according to the new UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2017: Tourism for Transformative a...
Urgent policies required for inclusive tourism growth, intra-Africa trade and visa openness, says Africa Tourism Monitor
21 Jun 17 NewsMore than ever before, African countries need to craft economic and trade policies that will foster inclusive and green tourism growth, intra-Africa trade, and contribute to visa o...
African Ministers adopt Declaration for the STC on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism
22 Mar 17 NewsThe Ministerial Session of the First Ordinary Session of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tou...
Inaugural STC meeting on Energy, Transport and Tourism kicks off in Togo
14 Mar 17 NewsThe First Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism (TII...
Tanzania left out as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda launch joint tourism portal
01 Mar 17 News
Tanzania appears to have been isolated further in efforts to market East Africa a single tourism destination, after Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda launched a portal to jointly market t...
Sustained growth in international tourism despite challenges
30 Jan 17 News
Demand for international tourism remained robust in 2016 despite challenges. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the l...
Trade and the environment
04 Jan 17 ThemesTrade is inextricably linked to the threat of climate change, one of the most urgent issues facing sustainable development. While growth in trade-related activities can contribute ...
Financing infrastructure in Africa: First STC on transport, intercontinental and inter-regional infrastructures, energy and tourism
28 Oct 16 NewsThe First Ordinary Session meeting of the STC on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism will be held in Lomé, Togo from 13 to 17 March 2...
Ethiopia’s Sustainable Tourism Master Plan 2015-2025
20 Sep 16 NewsECA’s deputy executive secretary, Giovanie Biha, has handed over Ethiopia’s Tourism Master Plan to the country’s minister of tourism and culture, Mrs. Aisha Mohammed Mussa.
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International regulatory cooperation in the SADC tourism services sector
08 Jun 16 PublicationsThe tourism sector makes a significant contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of all Member States in the Southern African Development Community. It is an important provider of...
ECA’s Biha calls for aviation-tourism convergence in Africa
14 Mar 16 NewsA two-day meeting looking into the aviation and tourism industries in Africa opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with the Economic Commission for Africa’s Deputy Executive Secretary M...
Africa Tourism Monitor 2015: Unlocking Africa’s tourism potential
12 Jan 16 NewsTourism in Africa is on the rise, but has not yet reached its full potential
For the third year running, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has published the Africa Tourism ...
Enhancing linkages between tourism and the sustainable agriculture sectors in the United Republic of Tanzania
23 Sep 15 News
The United Republic of Tanzania has vast untapped natural resources, including an abundance of wildlife, unexploited mineral reserves and arable land, which offer a wide range of...
More collaboration needed in SA tourism – report
21 Jul 15 NewsGreater collaboration between the private sector and SA Tourism is called for to increase SA’s global tourism market share, according to the latest SA Tourism Review.
This is on...
Manufacturing, tourism hurt growth
08 Jul 15 News
Continued poor performance of manufacturing and tourism industries could derail Kenya’s plans of attaining over 6.5 per cent growth this year.
The two sectors were the onl...
Building infrastructure to spur intra-African trade and tourism
17 Dec 14 NewsAfrican Heads of States and Governments recognize the potential contribution of tourism to the growth and transformation of the continent, given that Africa is endowed with rich an...
New global tourism initiative to ‘steer industry onto a truly sustainable path’ – UN
09 Nov 14 NewsTourism is one of the largest and fastest-growing economic sectors in the world contributing 9 per cent to global GDP, accounting for one in 11 jobs worldwide and for 6 per cent of...
Development of Tourism value chains in the SADC region
29 Oct 14 DiscussionJB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the recently-published World Trade Report 2014 and the development of tourism value chains in SADC
The World Trade Report 2014 (cli...
South Africa: Tourism Report 2013
22 Oct 14 NewsBackground
Administrative records regulating the flow of people across boundaries, specifically border statistics, are an important source of statistical data on temporary populat...