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Kruger National Park - South Africa
Samburu National Reserve - Kenya | Photo: Ninara
COUNTRIES IN AFRICA DOING GREAT IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY AND THEIR MODEL OF OPERATION
The Great Pyramid of Giza - Egypt
Rjruiziii, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Tourism is the fastest-growing enterprises in Africa and is currently one of the continent?s major investment opportunities, source of jobs, and revenue for the local people. Some of the countries that benefit heavily from tourism are Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia, Kenya, and Ghana. The Great Pyramid of Giza - Ghana
Photo: Rjruiziii It is worthy of note that the touristic peculiarity of Africa lies in the wide variety of points of interest, diversity, and multitudes of landscape, as well as the rich cultural heritage. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the benefits of Travel & Tourism spread far beyond its direct impacts in terms of GDP and employment, in 2019, Travel & Tourism was one of the world?s largest sectors, accounting for 10.4% of global GDP (USD 9.2 trillion), 10.6% of all jobs (334 million), and was responsible for creating 1 in 4 of all new jobs
Sfax Medina - Southern Tunisa
Photo: Dennis Jarvis
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The Diaspora - African Magazine | October 2021
