The benefits of Travel & Tourism spread far beyond the direct Economic & Employment impacts, with indirect benefits throughout the entire Supply Chain and Interlinkages to other Sectors.

Most Tourism Investments can act as a Catalyst for Small Businesses because it will create direct & indirect demand for products/services from the tourism development value chain

All Tourism Developments will directly create various business opportunities for Micro-sized, Small-sized & Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs).

STAKEHOLDERS in the African Tourism, Hospitality, Leisure Investments and Developments can include many MSMEs such as the following:

• Developers [Real Estate]
• Investors [Private Equity]
• Investors [DFIs, Investment Banks & Investment Institutions, Trusts/REITs, Other Funds, etc.]
• Hotel Operators, Hotel Managers
• Hotel Chains [Franchisors]
• Hotel Owners [Real Estate]
• Land Owners
• Local Communities [i.e. Community Conservancies]
• Local Authorities & Governments
• Tourism Value Chain & Suppliers [Numerous e.g. Agriculture & Manufacturing etc.]
• Consultants & Advisory Services
• Tour Operators
• Travel Agents
• Tourism Departments & Ministries etc.
• Transportation & Logistics
• Construction & Facilities Management
• Information Technology & Telecommunications

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WTTC; Tourism is expected to contribute $269 billion to the GDP of the Africa continent and create ±29 million new jobs by 2026!

See more information about TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS on the TIDIA.world site: Investments – TIDiA – TOURISM & HOTEL DEVELOPMENTS & INVESTMENTS in AFRICA