African countries bet on local tourists for revival
SETH ONYANGO BATTERED by the pandemic, African tourism sector turns inward to resuscitate the multi-billion dollar industry. Africa is banking on domestic travellers and vaccine rollouts to jump-start its tourism and hospitality sector, as the continent shows fledging signs of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. More countries are now looking inwards after global coronavirus shutdowns blocked over 60 billion US dollars that inbound visitors inject into the continent's GDP each year. “Governments have taken impressive immediate action to restore and re-activate the sector, while protecting jobs and businesses. Many countries are also now developing measures to build a more resilient…