Which sectors offer the most potential for economic growth in Grand-Bassam?
Tourism
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Georges Philippe Ezaley, Mayor of Grand-Bassam: Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
Articles & Analysis | Growing traffic stimulates hotel investments and interest in niche developments in Cote d'Ivoire's tourism sector from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
Côte d’Ivoire is looking to make a growth-driven sector out of tourism. However, political instability and armed conflict over the past decade have left important parts of infrastructure – including accommodation and transport networks – damaged or in disrepair across the country. The sector’s direct contribution to GDP accounted for 2.3% in...
Articles & Analysis | Cote d'Ivoire's emerging ecotourism initiatives signal renewed interest in ecology, tourism from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2017
With eight national parks and six nature reserves, representing 6.5% of the country’s land and a total of 21,038 sq km, Côte d’Ivoire is ranked among the top countries in French-speaking Africa for protected areas. Following a period of economic and political instability, the country is gradually turning to ecotourism once again, as a way of...
With a varied offer and clear development potential, Côte d’Ivoire is attracting large sums of capital investment to its travel and tourism industry. While business tourism and domestic spending continue to represent the largest shares of sector contributions to GDP, there are ambitions to develop leisure tourism and increase international tourist arrivals in coming years. However, additional...
Cote d’Ivoire has seen rapid growth since a decade-long bout of civil unrest ended in 2011. The largest economy in UEMOA, and the third largest in ECOWAS, the country accounts for more than 30% of the eight-member bloc’s GDP.
Egypt’s tourism sector has had a difficult few years, but a mix of initiatives from the government, including a new funding strategy and relaxed flight restrictions, could pave the way to recovery.