FlightCom – July 2019

29 FlightCom Magazine

Airlines

text: Royezze

Aviation and tourism are complementary sectors that have not received

adequate and cooperative development efforts in Africa over the decades,

even though many experts believe that collaborative strategies are essential

for aviation and tourism development in Africa.

T

HE International Civil

Aviation Organization

(ICAO) and the United

Nations World Tourism

Organization (UNWTO)

have now established a high

level framework for joint development of air

transport and tourism in Africa.

The two global bodies held the First

UNWTO/ICAO Ministerial Conference on

Tourism and Air Transport in Africa in Sal,

Cape Verde, late March, 2019, setting up a

coalition that includes the African Union

Commission (AUC), international and

regional organisations and the private sector

to drive the cooperative development of air

transport and tourism in Africa.

Among plans developed in Cape Verde

was for partners to ensure “the bridging of

air transport and tourism policies and the

advancement of innovative and sustainable

solutions to encourage air connectivity

development as a means to deliver the

sustainable development goals set forth

under the African Union (AU) Agenda

2063 and the United Nations (UN)’s 2030

Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

AVIATION & TOURISM

DEVELOPMENT

General aviation plays an essential role in tourism in Africa.