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Tourism in Mozambique
Being a country that was known for nothing but war till the early 1990s after running for 16 years, Mozambique has made significant strides in terms of the investment in general and investment in tourism in particular. Mozambique, situated in the southern part of Africa is slowly emerging as a favorite destination of tourists who are drawn to the region by the tropical weather, rich culture, beautiful beaches and tourism site on top of the political stability that now exists within the country and region at large (Anna S & Ema B., 2011).
These factors aforementioned have worked to the advantage of the country in stabilizing and expanding the tourism industry within the country to experience a four times increase between 2004 and 2010. This sector is now considered one of the major sectors in the contribution to the GDP of the country with the hotels therein barely able to keep up with the tourist rush to the country.
The government in place has created conducive environment for the tourists by...
There is a single entry visa that is give to tourists and is valid for two months yet can be renewed for another three months. There is also a multiple entry visa that goes for three months but can be extended to six months. These provisions make it easy for tourists to move within the country for an adequate period of time.
There are deliberate policy efforts that are also put in place to ensure the tourism industry within the country grows rapidly. The government of Mozambique created a separate Ministry of Tourism in 2001 that is charged solely with ensuring that the tourism sector has flourished to the greatest height within the region as well as adopting and operationalizing the tourism policy and implementation strategies as will be recommended over time. One of such was the 2003 Tourism Policy and Implementation Strategy which was geared toward ensuring setting of high level tourism objectives for the country, identification of the focal points of the intervention needed…
References
Anna S & Ema B., (2011). Economic Case for Tourism in Mozambique. Retrieved April 24, 2013 from http://www.anna.spenceley.co.uk/files/Files%20Sept%202012/Economic%20case%20tourism%20Mozambique.pdf
National Policy for Tourism, (2013). Tourism Policy and Strategy. Retrieved April 24, 2013 from http://www.tourisminvest.org/Mozambique/downloads/tourism%20sector%20background/Strategies,%20plans/Tourism%20Policy%20and%20Implementation%20Strategy.pdf
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