Lubango - The potential of 8 Angolan provinces will be showcased on Thursday (10), on “Angola Day”, at the World Travel Market (WTM) in Africa, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, to attract investors for the process of attracting tourists to local spaces and stimulate demand in the national territory.
These are tourist attractions from the provinces of Huíla, Namibe, Luanda, Cubango, Malanje, Cuando, Zaire and Benguela, which are on display at the WTM in which Angola is participating for the third time.
The event has been running since the 9th of this month and ends on Friday (11).
The potential includes the Tundavala Fen, the Cristo Rei, the Serra da Leba Viewpoint, the Lufinda Mountain Range, the Tchivinguiro Caves, the Hunguéria Falls, the Bicuar National Park, the Tunda dos Gambos, the Bonga and Tchivila Mountains, the Caconda Fortress and Falls and the river islands in Cuvango in the province of Huíla.
The Miradouro da Lua and the mouth of the Kwanza River, in Luanda, the Cangandala National Park, the Pedras Negras de Pungo-a-Ndongo and the Kalandula Falls in Malanje are other “wonders” of Angola being promoted at the event.
It also includes, among others, the Namibe Desert, the mouth of the Cunene River, the Bay and Island of Tigres, the historic city, the North Coast, the Cave Paintings and the thermal waters in the province of Namibe, as well as the Okavango Basin and Delta in the province of Cuando, which are on display at the WTM.
Speaking about the matter to ANGOP, the head of the Tac Tour Agency, Carlos Bumba, responsible for preparing some tourist maps of the country, said that the mission of his company is to distribute graphic material that illustrates the country's related potential, with reference to the provinces of Malanje, Luanda and Huíla, with the others joining as support.
Until 2023, according to the source, it was South African operators who produced tourist maps of Angola, so he thought it would be appropriate to take on the responsibility of having Angolans take the lead and present them at what is Africa's largest tourism showcase, South Africa.
He said that the Angolan part of the event is overseen and supervised by the Ministry of Tourism and Tac Tour is among the operators represented by the Association of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators of Angola (AAVOTA).
Carlos Bumba stressed that the WTM is a pre-event for the Durban Fair, which will take place from May 13 to 15 this year, at the South African Tourism Conference - Africa's Travel Indaba, where the aforementioned maps will also be on display in English, French and Portuguese.
He mentioned that, at the same time as the WTM, the 3rd Edition of the training course is being held in Durban, also in South Africa, sponsored by National Geographic, in the fields of photography, biology, anthropology, history, architecture, image editing and design, which began on March 31st of this year and ends April the 10th, and is being attended by two photographers from Huila.
He stressed that workshops and experiences are currently being shared, in an event in which more than 90 countries are participating, and the idea is to establish partnerships and schedule tours, so that the agendas for the next two years are full of tourists visiting Angola.
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