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Tourism in Africa
Annotation
PII
S032150750004751-8-1
DOI
10.31857/S032150750004751-8
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Liudmila N. Kalinichenko 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0531-9873
Affiliation: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Zinaida S. Novikova
ORCID: 0000-0001-7680-410X
Affiliation: Institute for African Studies
Edition
Issue 5
Pages
53-59
Abstract

The article deals with tourism in Africa as an important sector of modern African economies reacting strongly to the development of individual countries. Tourism is examined in terms of export revenues, contribution to GDP and jobs creation, especially for women and young people. Tourism as an internationally traded service has become a major component of export and one of the sources of foreign exchange income. Tourism export revenues appear to be a very stable source of external inflows and a key sector in different countries, especially Africa’s small island developing states such as Seychelles, Cabo Verde, Mauritius. Africa’s rapidly rising tourism sector is booming thanks to more effective use of modern technologies and deepening internet penetration. The authors underline the necessity of sector efficient management and cooperation between the state and private investors.

Tourism also serves as one of the significant drivers for the expansion of business and cultural cooperation inside regional economic communities and on the continent in general. A rising African middle class, visa liberalization and the recent creation of Single Air Transport Market open new prospects for African tourism development. The authors analyze the experience of such countries as Benin, Rwanda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and others in opening their visa environment, and the positive example of Ethiopian Airlines, which demonstrates perspectives for other African countries. Tourism in Africa faces different challenges, but many countries are trying to overcome them by improving their business environment.

Keywords
Africa, tourism, export revenues, service industry, digital technologies, visa liberalization, Single Air Transport Market
Received
14.05.2019
Date of publication
22.05.2019
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