Africa Banks on Visa-Free Travel to Support Tourism
Africa’s tourism is having a moment, two years after the sector was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some countries are pushing for an end to intra-Africa visas, while others are revamping memorials, putting up new archeological sites and introducing longer visa tenures to prop up tourism numbers.
By end of the first quarter of 2023, international arrivals across Africa had hit 88 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, with North Africa surpassing 2019 levels by 4 per cent in the same period, according to United Nations World Tourism Organisation data.
Source: The Star