Unlocking growth through investment promotion and public private partnerships | SDGs 8, 9, 12, 17

Sustainable Investment promotion and strengthening public-private partnerships in Africa are key drivers for the development of the tourism sector towards socioeconomic recovery in order to boost job creation as well as to contribute to infrastructures development and product diversification.

Investments and its cross-sectorial impact have a multiplier power to strengthen strategic large regional projects, but also it stimulates the tourism recovery, safeguard jobs and can address issues of climate change. The current COVID-19 pandemic presents significant challenges to public authorities, the private sector and the local community as MSMEs are likely to suffer more from COVID-19 than bigger ones as they tend to be more vulnerable and have fewer resources to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment. Therefore, Sustainable Investments are paramount for the economic recovery.

MILESTONES:

• 10th Anniversary Celebration of INVESTOUR in collaboration with IFEMA and Casa África, Madrid, 24 January 2020
• 11th Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa, Madrid, 23 January 2020
• 1st UNWTO Global Tourism Investment Forum in Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, 20-22 February 2020
• International Webinar on Investment in Africa organized by Africa Travel Week
• 2nd EDITION OF UNWTO GLOBAL TOURISM Investment Forum-SAL, Cabo Verde. 3rd SEPTEMBER 2021
• Past INVESTOUR editions