As the world celebrates Africa Day this week to honor the day 30 independent African countries that signed a founding charter in Ethiopia, let us look into the different areas in Africa that could be your next travel destination
The tourism industry in Africa is growing and is forecasted to grow four percent this year by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and it is even the focus on the recent Tourism Indaba held in Durban.
“Searches to African countries are on the rise, with travellers gravitating towards these destinations. But it’s not just international travellers that are flocking to the continent – our data shows that travel within African countries is also strong,” said Andrew Shelton, managing director of Cheapflights.co.za.
Searches for inbound travel dominate in the United Kingdom and Germany with 14 percent and 13 percent respectively. Aside from the two, other European countries that consider the continent as a holiday destination are Sweden, Denmark and France.
South Africa is the top African destinations for international travellers with Cape Town and Johannesburg dominating the top positions. The top ten searched African destinations include Marrakech, Casablanca, Mauritius and the Mahe Island in the Seychelles, all appear alongside business destinations like Accra and Lagos.
“We also see Egypt appearing as the third most searched African destination by international travellers so far in 2016. We saw a double digit drop in the days immediately after the recent EgyptAir tragedy, which we hope is a short lived reaction for a destination where tourism is such a vital industry”, said Shelton, according to Independent Online.
Outbound travel from South Africa is mostly headed to Mauritius, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles, Morocco, Victoria Falls and Harare.
Meanwhile, the least popular African countries for travel from South Africa are Uganda, Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo.
These are the 10 Top African destinations on 2016, according to Traveller24.News24:
1. Mauritius
2. Zimbabwe
3. Namibia
4. Tanzania
5. Mozambique
6. Zambia
7. Madagascar
8. Seychelles
9. Morocco
10. Kenya
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