Africa-Press – Angola. The hotel park in the province of Benguela, with around eight thousand beds available in 232 units, is prepared to receive an avalanche of tourists during the festivities in the city of “Acácias Rubras”, this month.
This year, the festivities in the city of Benguela, one of the biggest tourist events in southern Angola, take place from the 2nd to the 31st of May, under the motto “May is Benguela/407 years”, and are expected to attract thousands of tourists, seduced by the countless cultural attractions.
As in previous editions, the occupancy rate in hotel units, including hotels, guesthouses, guesthouses, tourist villages and aparthotels, especially in the cities of Benguela, Catumbela, Baía Farta and Lobito, could rise to 80 percent.
The authorities are optimistic about this expected demand to boost the local economy, according to the provincial vice-governor for Technical Services and Infrastructure and coordinator of the festivals in the city of Benguela, Adilson Gonçalves, who guarantees the hotel sector’s response capacity to meet national and foreign tourists.
Adilson Gonçalves, who spoke in the Jardim da República, during the public presentation of the program marking the 407th anniversary of the city of Benguela, which marks the 17th of May, emphasized that, as they have already proven their capacity to respond in previous editions, this year , hotel agents will not escape the rule.
Hence it explains that, within the framework of the outlined program, the committee for the aforementioned parties was concerned with bringing, from the outset, the Benguela Hotel and Tourism Association (AHTUB), to be better prepared and maintain a quality service.
Recalling that Benguela receives many visitors on weekends, especially long weekends, the governor highlights the good response capacity, and, in his opinion, complaints from tourists regarding the provision of services are rare, except for insufficient beds.
However, the person responsible admits that these complaints regarding the insufficient number of beds actually end up being a positive indicator of how Benguela is becoming a tourist destination at national level.
Tourist routes
The deputy governor informed that AHTUB is working with the Provincial Office of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports to redefine Benguela’s tourist routes.
For Adilson Gonçalves, the traditional festivals in the city of Benguela have the particularity of moving not only the province, but also the country in general.
However, he says that one of the various ways to attract an increasing number of tourists is to update tourist routes, with the inclusion of new places yet to be explored, mainly in the southern maritime area of Benguela.
He further explained that this objective led the president of AHTUB, Cláudio Silva, to carry out, in the last ten days, boat visits to unexplored beaches in the south, missing in the north, as part of the redefinition of a new tourist itinerary for Benguela.
It is in this context that the engagement of the hotel sector stands out in order to attract more and more national and foreign tourists interested in visiting Benguela.
“There are many tourists, not only national but also international, who really want to visit Benguela”, he highlighted, stating that the challenge is to make the festivals in the city of Benguela a good tourist product and meet the expectations of everyone who visits the town this year. period.
The director of the Provincial Office of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports, Rosária Chitale, looks at the festivals in the city of Acácias Rubras as the best way to bring tourists to the region.
“It is satisfactory because we are dealing with event tourism: we are going to have shows and sports”, he observed, adding that the idea of the parties is to encourage tourists to return or visit Benguela for the first time.
Attractions
Until May 31st, Benguelenses and visitors will be treated to various activities, with emphasis on musical shows with renowned Angolan artists, such as Chelsea Dinorath, Yola Semedo and Matias Damásio, “Paladares Mil” Gastronomy Fair, painting and art exhibition, tourist tour through the city and parade of marjoretes.
In addition, cultural farms, stand up comedy, theater, poetry recitals, Kupapatas and Kaleluia competitions, football tournaments, international Jiu Jitsu championship, clay pigeon shooting, athletics racing, cycling, horses and karting are also planned.
Also completing the program are the 13th Benguela International Fair (FIB), Forum on National Museum Day, the Miss Benguela competition and fairs and livestock auctions and “Mercadão”.
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