08 March 2013

Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 - the Southern/Eastern African countries

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released the biennial Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013. The report assesses 140 economies worldwide based on the extent to which they are putting in place the factors and policies to make it attractive to develop the travel and tourism sector. Based on the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), the report reveals that Switzerland, Germany and Austria lead the world in terms of travel and tourism competitiveness. Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Sweden and Singapore complete the this year's top 10.
The Seychelles is the highest-ranked Sub-Sharan African country in the ranking on position #38 (regional rank #1), followed by Mauritius on rank #58 (#2), South Africa on rank #64 (#3), Namibia on rank #91 (#4), Botswana on rank #94 (#7) and Kenya on rank #96 (#8).



South Africa (regional ranking #3 - overall ranking #64)
  • positive: natural resources, cultural resources, creative industries, many international fairs and exhibitions, infrastructure (air, road, rail), policy rules and regulations
  • negative: safety and security, level of health and hygiene (incl. impact on human resources, workforce), increase of fuel prices, increase of ticket taxes, increase of airport charges
Namibia (#5 - #91)
  • positive: rich natural resources, focus on environmental sustainability, ground transport infrastructure
  • negative:  to costly & time comsuming to start a business, health & hygiene, human resource base
Botswana (#7 - #94)
  • positive: natural resources, price competitiveness, policy environment
  • negative: Air Service Agreements not rewarded as open, much time is needed to start a business, transport infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, low hotel room concentration, limited presence of international car rental companies, low ATM density, health & hygiene (esp. health of workforce)
Kenya (#8 - #96)
  • positive: natural resources, tourism recognised as priority, strong focus on environmental sustainability,
  • negative: policy environment (esp. property rights), high costs to start a business, infrastructure, human resource base, security situation
Other rankings:
  • Rwanda - regional #9 - overall #105
  • Zambia - regional #11 - overall #108
  • Tanzania - regional #12 - overall #109
  • Uganda - regional #13 - overall #116
  • Zimbabwe - regional #15 - overall #118
  • Swaziland - regional #16 - overall #119
  • Malawi - regional #19 - overall #124
  • Mozambique - regional #20 - overall #125
  • Madagascar - regional #26 - overall #131
  • Lesotho - regional #27 - overall #135

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