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