Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Performance -- Constraints -- Strategies -- Recommendations -- Case Studies -- Role of Donors -- Notes -- References -- Part I Regional Perspective: A Framework for Tourism Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 1 Introduction -- Methodology -- Evidence Base -- A Note on African Tourism Research -- Notes -- References -- 2 Why Tourism? -- Ten Reasons to Develop Tourism -- Complexities of Tourism -- Managing Tourism's Risks -- Competitiveness -- Role of the Government -- Examples of Governments' Success in Tourism Development -- Role of the Private Sector -- Role of Donors -- Notes -- References -- 3 Tourism Performance and Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sub-Saharan African Countries' Share of the World Tourism Market -- Value of Tourism to Sub-Saharan African Economies -- Tourism Employment -- Tourism Investment -- Notes -- References -- 4 Essential Tourism Services -- Accommodation -- Air Transport -- Road Transport -- Tour Operators -- Notes -- References -- 5 Tourists and Tourism Products in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Tourism Products -- References -- 6 Constraints on and Solutions for Tourism Growth -- A Typology of Sub-Saharan African Countries by Level of Tourism Development -- Common Constraints -- Availability of Land -- Examples of How Other Countries Resolved Land Issues -- Access to Finance -- Examples of How Other Countries Resolved Access to Finance Issues -- Taxes on Tourism Investments -- Examples of How Other Countries Handled the Imposition of New Hotel Taxes -- Low Level of Tourism Skills -- Examples of Successful Training Programs in Sub-Saharan African Countries -- Labor Policy -- Comparison of Tourism Jobs with Those in Other Sectors -- Lack of Security and Safety As Well As High Crime Rates.

Examples of Countries That Have Overcome Tourism Losses Caused by Internal Conflict and Crime -- Public Health -- Visa Requirements -- Examples of Countries That Have Expedited the Visa Process -- Red Tape and Bureaucracy -- Recommendations for Reducing Red Tape and Bureaucracy -- Notes -- References -- 7 Strategic Decisions for Tourism Sustainability -- Scale of Tourism Development -- Sustainability of the Sector -- Financing of Tourism and Economic Rents -- Case Studies -- Note -- References -- 8 Recommendations for Tourism Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries -- Pre-Emerging Countries -- Overall Recommendations -- Recommendations by Stage of Development -- Part II Global Perspective: Planning Decisions and Tourism Development around the World -- 9 Learning from Experience -- Land -- Infrastructure -- Ecotourism Projects -- Missing Middle -- Training -- Outsourcing -- Managing Growth and Scale -- Air Access -- Economic Returns -- Environmental Management -- Public Institutions and Regulation -- Investment Promotion and Financing -- Social Inclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Case Studies -- Cabo Verde: Transformation through Tourism -- Costa Rica: Ecotourism Certification in Lapa Rios -- Dominica: Community Involvement and Training in Jungle Bay -- The Dominican Republic: Political Commitment to Tourism in Puerto Plata -- The Dominican Republic: Planning Future Sector Growth -- United Arab Emirates: Dubai's Transformation from Oil to Tourism -- Arab Republic of Egypt: Tourism Diversification in Sharm El Sheikh -- Indonesia: Protecting Cultural Heritage through International Tourism in Bali -- Indonesia: Nihiwatu on Sumba -- Jordan: Integrating Tourism, Transit, and Industry in Aqaba -- Kenya: Business and Conference Tourism in Nairobi -- Republic of Korea: Tourism in Kyongju.

Maldives: Incremental Expansion of Tourism and Environmental Management on Island Resorts -- Mauritius: Managing the Environment and Creating a Competitive Tourism Sector -- Mexico: Building a Resort City in Cancun -- Morocco: Political Challenges and the Bay of Agadir -- Morocco: Public Support for Private Action -- Namibia: Using Land Conservancies to Protect Wildlife and Improve Welfare -- Rwanda: Securing Returns to Community Land and Protecting Gorillas at the Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge -- Singapore: Promoting Peace and Tranquility on Sentosa Island -- South Africa: Wildlife Tourism and Private Sector Operators -- Tanzania: Hiking Tourism on Mount Kilimanjaro -- Tunisia: Infrastructure in Six Tourism Zones -- Turkey: Government-Led Tourism Development in South Antalya -- Index -- Boxes -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Back Cover.

Tourism energizes economies and fuels the economic transformation of countries from Cape Verde to South Africa. Its benefits are clear: it can trigger infrastructure improvements, create good jobs, increase domestic consumption, and diversify exports. It also empowers women, young people, and marginalized populations, contributes to each country's national image, and stimulates cultural heritage and environmental conservation. What's more, tourism is a demonstration sector which leads private sector growth through its linkages across other sectors. It has demonstrated resilience over the years and through economic and natural crises. This book presents how tourism initiates these outcomes, while highlighting how Sub-Saharan Africa can address the persistent constraints to the growth of tourism in the region. The challenges that can be overcome pertain to land availability; investor access to finance; taxes on tourism investments; the level of tourism skills; security; safety and crime; public health; international and intraregional transportation; and an unpredictable business climate. Going beyond an analysis of the sector, the 24 case studies gathered in this report from around the world illustrate how tourism development can succeed. Based on these, recommendations for tourism development in Sub-Saharan Africa are elaborated for countries at different development stages. Some strategies are more applicable to destinations initiating tourism, others are for those looking to scale up tourism or to deepen tourism success. The case studies reveal that despite destination needs, challenges, and approaches that change over time, the basic elements needed to initialize, increase, or intensify tourism's success are applicable across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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