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SADC Tourism Programme 2020-2030 (English)
| Author: | Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Tourism |
| Type: | Strategy and guides |
| Last updated: | 8 November 2024 |
This SADC Tourism Programme serves as a roadmap to guide and coordinate the development of a sustainable tourism industry in the region and to facilitate the removal of barriers to tourism development and growth.
PROGRAMME CONTEXT:
The Tourism Programme will be implemented taking due cognisance of global and continental tourism programmes including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) Agenda for Africa, African Union’s Agenda 2063, East African Community’s (EAC) tourism programmes and Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa’s (COMESA) tourism initiatives.
The Programme will be implemented within the policy and planning guidelines provided by the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) (2015-2020), the original SADC Protocol on the Development of Tourism (1998) and the subsequently amended SADC Protocol on the Development of Tourism (2009).
Various tourism institutional developments in SADC during the past five years were considered in drafting the Tourism Programme and in formulating the institutional proposals contained in this document. These include the decisions taken by the Committee of Tourism Ministers in 2017 to reactivate the Tourism Coordinating Unit in SADC and by the Council of Ministers in August 2018 to wind up the Regional Tourism organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA). During its August 2018 meeting, Council also approved the inclusion of Ministers responsible for Tourism in the Joint Committee of Ministers of Environment and Natural Resources and in the Organ of Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, thereby setting the scene for multi-sectoral collaboration in SADC.
In addition other SADC initiatives, documents, frameworks and policies were considered in formulating the document. These include the SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) initiative, which is informed by the SADC Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan (RIDMP, 2012), the SADC TFCA Programme (2013) and the establishment of Boundless Southern Africa (2008). SADC protocols considered include the SADC Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement (1999), the Revised Protocol on Shared Water Courses (2002) and the Protocol on Trade in Services (2012).
PROGRAMME CONTEXT:
The Tourism Programme will be implemented taking due cognisance of global and continental tourism programmes including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) Agenda for Africa, African Union’s Agenda 2063, East African Community’s (EAC) tourism programmes and Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa’s (COMESA) tourism initiatives.
The Programme will be implemented within the policy and planning guidelines provided by the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) (2015-2020), the original SADC Protocol on the Development of Tourism (1998) and the subsequently amended SADC Protocol on the Development of Tourism (2009).
Various tourism institutional developments in SADC during the past five years were considered in drafting the Tourism Programme and in formulating the institutional proposals contained in this document. These include the decisions taken by the Committee of Tourism Ministers in 2017 to reactivate the Tourism Coordinating Unit in SADC and by the Council of Ministers in August 2018 to wind up the Regional Tourism organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA). During its August 2018 meeting, Council also approved the inclusion of Ministers responsible for Tourism in the Joint Committee of Ministers of Environment and Natural Resources and in the Organ of Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, thereby setting the scene for multi-sectoral collaboration in SADC.
In addition other SADC initiatives, documents, frameworks and policies were considered in formulating the document. These include the SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) initiative, which is informed by the SADC Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan (RIDMP, 2012), the SADC TFCA Programme (2013) and the establishment of Boundless Southern Africa (2008). SADC protocols considered include the SADC Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement (1999), the Revised Protocol on Shared Water Courses (2002) and the Protocol on Trade in Services (2012).
