"To better harness the potential of the tourism sector, to contribute to inclusive growth, structural transformation and the achievement of the (UN)
Sustainable Development Goals, Africa should adopt policies which strengthen
inter-social linkages Jason Croom Bills Jersey , boost international tourism and promote peace," the report said.
It explains that between 2011 and 2014, tourism contributed 166 billion U.S. dollars to gross domestic product (GDP), making up 8.5 percent of the
continent's GDP, while at the same time creating 21 million jobs: 7.1 percent of
all jobs in Africa.
UNWTO executive director for operational programs and institutional relations Marcio Favalla said 58 million international tourists visited Africa in
2016 Vladimir Ducasse Bills Jersey , 4 million more than in 2015 with tourism receipts growing by 8 percent, to 16 billion U.S. dollars.
"In the last 16 years it is good to remember Africa has been one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world. It is estimated it will
receive 130 million arrivals by 2030," he said.
However, Favalla highlighted the need for better marketing "to improve perceptions of the continent and stronger focus on regional and domestic
markets, along with investment on infrastructure" and the promotion of
"safe Ryan Groy Bills Jersey , secure and seamless travel." He also said better air connectivity would help improve links.
Meanwhile Claudia Roethlisberger, economist in the United Nations Conference of Research and Development (UNCTAD), explained tourism in Africa was
"important, but it could do more."
"It needs attention and investment," she said Marcus Murphy Bills Jersey , highlighting tourism's contribution to the African economy and highlighting that in sub-Sahara Africa the majority of
international tourists were Africans rather than from other continents.
"What we see is that especially the small island development states are dependent on tourism," she commented, saying around 25 percent of the GDP in
Cape Verde and over 60 percent in the Seychelles comes from tourism.
Roethlisberger stressed the importance of tourism throughout Africa," given that it is labor intensive and that almost half of the jobs created were for
women."
Tourism also had a role to play in the promotion of peace in Africa. "African governments and tourism authorities can play a role so that people from outside
of the continent get a different picture to that presented in the international
press," she highlighted.
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NAIROBI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's manufacturers Wednesday launched the Policy Agenda for Industrialization on achieving the economic goals by focusing
efforts on the manufacturing sector.
The 10-point manufacturing agenda aims to centralize the economic agenda of this country in current and future political narratives.
Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) CEO Phyllis Wakiaga said the agenda include the need to double jobs Robert Foster Bills Jersey , double exports, increase foreign exchange earnings and raise manufacturing share of GDP to 15 percent by 2020.
"The policy agenda will enable Kenyan manufacturers reverse declines of products sales," Wakiaga said. The overall goal of the policy is to create an
additional 300,000 jobs in the formal manufacturing sector.
The agenda focuses on sectoral priorities such as: creating a massive export push, raising productivity to world class standards John Miller Bills Jersey , promoting and leveraging "Buy Kenya Build Kenya," tackling uncustomed goods and counterfeits, and developing a stable policy
environment.
Additionally, it makes proposals on job creation through the revamping of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) curriculum in the country
and offering apprenticeship.
The bulk of Kenya's manufactured exports are sold to the six member East African Community (EAC) bloc. Government data shows that total exports to the
EAC registered a four percent decline in 2016 to 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.
However, manufactured exports to Uganda and Rwanda declined by 9.3 and 2.5 percent respectively. KAM said that export growth is fundamental to the growth
and stability of the local manufacturing industry.
Wakiaga said that the share of manufacturing in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has stagnated from 1965 to 2015 but it has now declined to a low of 9.2
percent in 2016.
The sector is targeting to double its output so that manufacturing contributes 15 percent of GDP. The CEO said that for the industry to
expand Shaq Lawson Bills Jersey , it needs to access more funding at a lower cost.
Manufacturers have identified lack of access to long term finance as a problem. In order to expand access to long term finance for all types of
manufacturing firms, the government should increase the availability of domestic
public funds.
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