21 March 2013

Study: Rwanda is the most welcoming country in East & Southern Africa

All tourism publications seem currently to be talking about Bolivia as the most unfriendly country for tourists in the world and Iceland as the most friendly country for tourists, so I had a look how the World Economic Forum (WEF) acutally assesed the friendliness towards foreign tourists in East and Southern Africa.
According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, in which the WEF compared the (un)friendliness of 140 countries, Rwanda has the best "Attitude [of population] towards foreign visitors" in East and Southern Africa. Zambia was ranked the second most friendly country in the region, followed by Uganda and South Africa.

Attitude of population towards foreign visitors (East & Southern Africa)
["How welcome are foreign visitors in your country?" | 1 = very unwelcome; 7 = very welcome]
  1. Rwanda - 6.6 (overall ranking #21)
  2. Zambia - 6.5 (overall ranking #34)
  3. Uganda - 6.4 (overall ranking #40)
  4. South Africa - 6.4 (overall ranking #42)
  5. Kenya - 6.4 (overall ranking #51)
  6. Burundi - 6.3 (overall ranking #63)
  7. Ethiopia - 6.3 (overall ranking #67)
  8. Swaziland - 6.2 (overall ranking #69)
  9. Namibia - 6.1 (overall ranking #85)
  10. Mozambique - 6.1 (overall ranking #91)
  11. Botswana - 5.9 (overall ranking #103)
  12. Madagascar - 5.9 (overall ranking #105)
  13. Zimbabwe - 5.9 (overall ranking #106)
  14. Tanzania - 5.8 (overall ranking #115)
  15. Lesotho - 5.7 (overall ranking #120)
  16. Malawi - 5.7 (overall ranking #121)

1 comment:

  1. Rwanda is a welcoming and secure country. Hospitality best attitudes is embedded in the culture of Rwandans. Traveling to Rwanda is no longer an issue, you can apply your visa online via the following link https://www.migration.gov.rw/singleform.php ; with new procedures all Africans traveling to Rwanda can obtain visa on arrival. People of Rwanda are good.

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