tourism geography of africa

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TOURISM GEOGRAPHY OF

AFRICAWorld Tourism Geography TR 103

Prepared by:

Ms. Annalyn Pena


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Facts about the African

Continent Africais the world's second-largest andsecond-most-populous continent. At about 30.2

million km (11.7 million sq mi) includingadjacent islands, it covers six percent of theEarth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of

the total land area. With 1.0 billion people (as of 2009, see table), it

accounts for about 15% of the world's humanpopulation

The continent is surrounded by theMediterranean Sea to the north, both the SuezCanal and the Red Sea along the SinaiPeninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean tothe southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the

west.
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Facts about the African

ContinentAfrica's largest country is Algeria, and its

smallest country is the Seychelles, anarchipelago off the east coast.

The climate of Africa ranges from tropical

to subarctic on its highest peaks. Itsnorthern half is primarily desert or arid,while its central and southern areascontain both savanna plains and very

dense jungle (rainforest) regions.Africa is the hottest continent on earth;

drylands and deserts comprise 60% ofthe entire land surface.


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Facts about African Continent

Africa boasts perhaps the world's largestcombination of density and "range offreedom" of wild animal populations anddiversity, with wild populations of large

carnivores (such as lions, hyenas, andcheetahs) and herbivores (such as buffalo,elephants, camels, and giraffes) rangingfreely on primarily open non-private plains.

It is also home to a variety of "jungle" animalsincluding snakes and primates and aquaticlife such as crocodiles and amphibians. Inaddition, Africa has the largest number ofmegafauna species


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Economy

Although it has abundant natural resources,Africa remains the world's poorest and mostunderdeveloped continent, the result of avariety of causes that may include the spreadof deadly diseases (notably HIV/AIDS and

malaria), corrupt governments that have oftencommitted serious human rights violations,failed central planning, high levels of illiteracy,lack of access to foreign capital, and frequenttribal and military conflict (ranging fromguerrilla warfare to genocide)

Poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition andinadequate water supply and sanitation, aswell as poor health, affect a large proportion

of the people who reside in the Africancontinent.


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Eastern Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagasc

ar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mozambique

Runion

Rwanda

Seychelles

Somalia

SouthSudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe


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Middle Africa

Angola Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon Republic of the Congo

So Tom and Prncipe


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Northern Africa

Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Morocco

Sudan

Tunisia

Western Sahara


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Southern Africa

Botswana

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland


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Western Africa

Benin Burkina

Faso

CapeVerde

Cted'Ivoire

TheGambia

Ghana Guinea

Guinea-

Bissau Liberia

Mali

Mauritania Niger

Nigeria

SaintHelena,

Ascension

and Tristanda Cunha

Senegal

Sierra

Leone Togo


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Tourism in Africa The tourism industry is a major sector of the economy for

many African countries. The four countries that benefit themost from tourism are Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and South

Africa. A second category includes the countries of

Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Kenya.

The countries of Africa can be divided into three groupsrelative to tourism: 1) those countries with a developed

tourism industry; 2) those with a developing industry; and

3) those that would like to develop a tourism industry.

Countries like South Africa, Morocco, and Tunisia have asuccessful tourism industry. Countries like Kenya,

Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Mauritius can be considered

as countries that have steady and consistent income from

tourism. Countries like Tanzania, Algeria, and Burundi are

countries that have little to no economic benefit from

tourism geography of africa

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