Ndalatando - A private project called "Welcome to Angola" is being developed in northern Cuanza –Norte province, with the aim of displaying, advertising and promoting local tourist potential.
Started on January 31, it is currently gathering information and filming the province's main tourist attractions for dissemination throughout the country and the world.
The work, whose starting point was the filming of the Kilombo Botanical Garden and Largo 1º de Maio (city centre), will be publicized through social networks and national and international reference communication channels.
João Gaspar, local governor, praised the project, since as he said, it represents an opportunity to disclose the great tourism potential of the region, having guaranteed institutional support.
Cristina Carla, coordinator of the project’s delegation, said the project has already been implemented in other provinces of the country and has famous figures as ambassadors, including musicians, models and comedians.
Carla said filming and publicizing the province's tourist sites will be carried out more extensively in February, so that the population can feel the benefits of having a tourist spot in their community.
Located in the far west of Angola, Cuanza-Norte covers 20,252 square kilometers, it has 85 tourist centers and spaces, of which two are well known - the town of Dondo and the Massangano tourist centre, both in the municipality of Cambambe.
Of the registered tourist sites, 35 have access with favorable conditions for rural, nautical and ecological tourism.
The tourist attractions are located in the province's 10 municipalities, including the Kilombo Botanical Garden, the Santa Isabel Water Fountain, the Furnas do Zanga and Morro do Binda, in the municipality of Cazengo, the Massangano Tourist Centre, the Dondo Marginal and the Kwanza Corridor, in Cambambe.
The Camabatela Sanctuary, in Ambaca municipality, Kokolombolo Furnas and Quilessa Falls (Lucala), as well as the Mazalala Tourist and Consecration Zone (Golungo Alto), are among the registered sites.EFM/IMA/AC/TED/AMP
