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Tourism Emerges as Major Investment and Job Creation Opportunity for South AfricaThe Tourism Growth Partnership Plan (TGPP) sits at the centre of South Africa’s current tourism strategy. Covering the 2025–2030 period, the five-year plan was developed jointly by De Lille’s ministry and private-sector partners, led on the industry side by the South African Tourism Business Council, and formally endorsed by Cabinet.

Tourism Emerges as Major Investment and Job Creation Opportunity for South Africa

Published October 1, 2026 by Staff Writer

At the 2026 South African Tourism Investment Summit in Sandton, Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille positioned tourism as a major engine of investment and job creation, as the country looks…

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Nigeria’s December Moment: How Africa’s Most Populous Nation Is Turning Festive Travel Into a Tourism StrategyFor destination leaders, tourism policymakers, hospitality investors and travel trade executives following Africa's tourism development, Ember to Remember is a test case with implications far beyond Nigeria.

Nigeria’s December Moment: How Africa’s Most Populous Nation Is Turning Festive Travel Into a Tourism Strategy

Published August 18, 2026 by Staff Writer

Ghana turned its diaspora homecoming into a $3.3 billion tourism brand. Nigeria, with its vast population and globally influential December culture, is now mounting a 100-day campaign to turn its…

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South Africa Opens a Digital Door: President Ramaphosa’s ETA Reshapes Tourism AccessThe four airports covered by the national rollout — OR Tambo International, Cape Town International, Lanseria International and King Shaka International — place the system across South Africa's principal international gateways.

South Africa Opens a Digital Door: President Ramaphosa’s ETA Reshapes Tourism Access

Published August 14, 2026 by Staff Writer

Launched on 12 August 2026, South Africa’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation brings biometric verification, machine learning and smarter border management to the country’s entry system — potentially transforming tourism access…

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Beyond Two Events: AITEC World’s Cotonou Declaration and the Case for Africa’s Tourism FutureThe 2nd Africa Tourism Dialogue (ATD 2026) will be held from 12–14 November 2026 at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the official tourism programme of Africa Celebrates 2026.

Beyond Two Events: AITEC World’s Cotonou Declaration and the Case for Africa’s Tourism Future

Published July 28, 2026 by Staff Writer

From Cotonou to London and Addis Ababa, AITEC World has unveiled two initiatives that are less about events than about repositioning Africa’s place in the global tourism economy. Africa (Tourism…

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Ghana’s US$4.34 Billion Tourism Report: The Data Behind the Destination—and the Questions That Will Shape Its Next ChapterGhana welcomed 1,306,962 international visitors in 2025. The figure represents the highest inbound arrival total in the country's history, a 1.4 per cent increase on the 1,288,804 visitors recorded in 2024.

Ghana’s US$4.34 Billion Tourism Report: The Data Behind the Destination—and the Questions That Will Shape Its Next Chapter

Published July 25, 2026 by Staff Writer

The Ghana Tourism Authority’s 2025 Annual Report confirms 1.3 million international arrivals, record December performance, and rising domestic tourism. But with tourism receipts falling by US$500 million year-on-year, the report…

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