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Egypt’s Quarterly Tourism Revenue Triples as FX Crisis Eases

CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt’s tourism receipts almost tripled and worker remittances rose in the last three months of its fiscal year, marking another step in the country’s economic recovery from a crippling dollar shortage. Tourism revenue rose to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter that ended June 30, from $510 million in the same period a year ago, according to initial central bank data that it shared with Bloomberg. Full-year receipts rose 16…

Tourism in West Africa: an economic, social and cultural opportunity

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Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire (Capital Markets in Africa) —- Whereas tourism is acknowledged as a driver of socio-economic development and growth in Africa, as evidenced in the last African Tourism Monitor, the 2015 edition of the annual report on competitiveness in travel and tourism, released in early May by the World Economic Forum (WEF), points out that West Africa lags behind when it comes to the travel sector. The ten West African countries assessed in the report…

Kenya’s tourism industry braces for more misery after Al-Shabaab attack…

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Hoteliers from Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast region and sprawling game park reserves have said tourists have started cancelling trips to the East African nation after gunmen last week killed 148 people at a university campus. A vital part of East Africa’s biggest economy, Kenya’s tourism industry has been in decline since 2013 when al-Shabaab stormed an upscale shopping mall in the capital Nairobi, killing 67 people during a bloody four-day siege. Since then, repeat al-Shabaab…