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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Africa\u2019s leading tourism operators, counting 450 delegates from 43 countries, are attending a three-day Africa Tourism Leadership Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss how to revive the industry ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/b><\/p>\n

With intra-African travel at the top of the agenda, Botswana\u2019s President Mokgweetsi Masisi told attendees they need to focus on ways to encourage travel to and within the continent. \u201cThis vital forum will undoubtedly provide the travel and tourism industry in Africa \u2014 and indeed the rest of the world \u2014 with a platform for exchanging ideas aimed at promoting travel to and around Africa,\u201d Masisi said. \u201cTourism is a dynamic and competitive industry that requires the ability to constantly adapt to customers\u2019 changing needs and desires as customer satisfaction, safety and enjoyment are the focus of the tourism business.\u201d<\/p>\n

While much of Africa looks to foreign tourism dollars, Botswana\u2019s Tourism Minister Philda Kereng said intra-African travel was a top focus of the forum to help rebuild the industry. But African tourism insiders say there are major hurdles to intra-African travel, including poor roads and limited flights in parts of Africa, which too often force travel to a regional hub, or even outside the continent, for connecting flights to neighboring countries. German market and consumer data company Statista says Covid-19 cost Africa\u2019s tourism sector $87 billion when the pandemic hit in 2020. But there are signs of a strong revival, with the data from the United Nations World Tourism Organization indicating that in 2022 international arrivals across Africa were up 171%.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Africa\u2019s leading tourism operators, counting 450 delegates from 43 countries, are attending a three-day Africa Tourism Leadership Forum in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss how to revive the industry ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. 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