In recent years Gabon has witnessed a spate of hotel construction, renovation and changes in ownership, with much activity taking place at the upper end of the market. Major developments include the creation of a new Gabonese hotel group that has come to dominate the high-end, branded business segment in Libreville and Port-Gentil, as well as the arrival of international...
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Articles & Analysis | Expanding local hotel capacity from The Report: Gabon 2014
Articles & Analysis | A more sustainable approach: Development and promotion with an eye on the longer term from The Report: Gabon 2014
In spite of the country’s wealth of natural attractions, Gabon’s tourism industry has remained small in both absolute terms and the contribution it makes to the local economy, in part because the oil sector formed the country’s main focus for many years. As oil output declines, the government is looking to encourage growth in the industry, with...
As oil output declines, the government is looking to encourage growth in the tourism sector, with the aim of developing high-end and luxury ecotourism under the rubric of the Green Gabon strategy for sustainable development.
In spite of the country’s wealth of natural attractions, Gabon’s tourism industry has remained small in both absolute terms and the contribution it makes to the...
With just 1.63m people, Gabon is the second-smallest member of the six-country Central African Economic and Monetary Community in terms of population, after Equatorial Guinea. However, the country’s well-developed hydrocarbons sector has made Gabon the second-largest economy in the sub-region.
Articles & Analysis | Making the sector more competitive from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2014
The Papua New Guinea government has a number of ongoing programmes to promote and encourage the development of tourism that have proven successful. Visitor arrivals have almost quadrupled since 2002, and many destinations have been opened and improved. Yet the country remains primarily of interest to higher-end tourists. Travel is difficult and expensive so PNG is less a...
Articles & Analysis | The government aims to use tourism projects to develop rural areas from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2014
Tourism – along with mining, fisheries and agriculture – has been identified as a priority investment sector by the government of Papua New Guinea. It is both clean and sustainable, and takes advantage of the natural strengths of the country. It also has the potential to bring income and employment to remote areas of PNG that are in need of development and can help...