The Nairobi Declaration – July 16, 2021
- Cepljenje.
There is need for social justice and equity in vaccine access to ensure that a bigger population of the continent is vaccinated and to build confidence in Destination Africa. Africa tourism requires support in accessing and funding the vaccination campaign.
- We need to make Africa a Domestic Market.
This will help to build sustainability and resilience.
- Break Barriers, e.g., Visa to ease movement across the continent to tap into the young and growing middle class yearning to travel.
- Connectivity by Air.
Formulate Airlines that serve within Africa for ease of movement and affordability of travel.
- Invest in Human Capital Development.
To upskill the human resources in the industry for the current and future tourism demand.
- Sustainability and Biodiversity Conservation.
Sustainability in tourism in preserving tourism’s core resources and ensuring benefits to communities and resilience against crises such as the current pandemic.
- Afriški turistični forum v okviru Afriške unije za usklajevanje afriškega turizma s skupno strategijo in načrtom za izpolnitev želja za destinacijo Afrika. To bo omogočilo osredotočeno sodelovanje s ključnimi akterji, kot sta IATA in UNWTO.
- COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to refocus the national and international tourism institution.
- Train the youth for the tourism of the future. This will enable the ability to leverage the demographic dividend in Africa as a resource as well as a future market and stability.
- Review tourism policies and strategies to incorporate emerging trends on global tourism and address the current needs on the continent.
- Use of technology in various aspects of the tourism industry including marketing, research, and packaging of products and experiences.
- Governments to prioritize tourism and provide adequate funding to enable the sector to optimize its potential for economic growth and development as well as job creation.
- Africa to invest in infrastructure to connect country to country to increase opportunity for African travel across the continent and enhance the visitor experience.
- Special fund for tourism will help to support capacity building and product development.
- Develop an African Brand. Visit Africa for Africa. Correctly position Africa and ensure sustainable demand for tourism products.
- Develop an attractive environment to enhance investment in the sector.
The Hon. Najib Balala and Edmund Bartlett also have been playing a leading role in the Project Hope initiative by the Afriški odbor za turizem pod pokroviteljstvom nekdanjih UNWTO Generalni sekretar dr. Taleb Rifai. Predsednik ATB Cuthbert Ncube je pozdravil dogodek v Keniji in ponudil svojo popolno podporo.
The declaration was signed at the Africa Tourism Recovery Summit in Kenya and will be published here once available.
