{"id":19924,"date":"2025-09-13T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/19924\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:43:06","slug":"africa-records-fastest-tourism-growth-globally-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/19924\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa records fastest tourism growth globally in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n North Africa led the surge with a 14% increase, while Sub-Saharan Africa posted 11% growth, marking one of the continent\u2019s strongest performances since before the pandemic.\n <\/p>\n

\n UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said the sector\u2019s performance shows resilience and is helping local economies<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe first half of 2025 brought growing arrival numbers and revenues for most destinations around the world, which contribute to local economies, jobs and livelihoods.\n <\/p>\n

\n Yet, this also reminds us of our great responsibility to ensure this growth is sustainable and inclusive,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa remain top draws for international visitors. <\/p>\n

\n Morocco reported a 19% rise in overseas visitors, driven by the appeal of cities like Marrakech and Fez, while South Africa\u2019s Kruger National Park and Cape Town continue to attract safari-goers and adventure travellers from around the world.\n <\/p>\n

\n Airlines have added more direct routes to African destinations<\/a>, reducing travel time and making it easier for visitors from Europe, the Middle East and Asia to access the continent.\n <\/p>\n

\"Kenya\u2019s <\/p>\n

\n This growing intra-African movement is helping strengthen economic links and boosting local tourism sectors.\n <\/p>\n

\n Experts say the challenge now is to maintain momentum while protecting the environment.\n <\/p>\n

\"Zanzibar\u2019s <\/p>\n

\n With tourism arrivals and revenues climbing, governments and private investors are expected to continue improving airports, accommodation and attractions.\n <\/p>\n

\n Analysts say this will help Africa cement its position as one of the world\u2019s most exciting tourism regions.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Africa led the surge with a 14% increase, while Sub-Saharan Africa posted 11% growth, marking one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-19924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}