Tourism Development in Post-Independence Eritrea:Problems and Prospects
Abstract
Modern tourism in Eritrea had begun in the second half of the nineteenth century with the development of industrialized society in Western Europe and North America. Eritrea has natural resources with an immense amount of cultivated land and fascinating plants all surrounded by the most beautiful and fertile mountains. Most of the explorers in the past surveyed Semhar, Menasae,Bogos, and the Barka region which was covered with grassland, deciduous green forests along the river bank and sheltered a diversity of wild life. Based on Eritrea’s historical importance and its strategic location on the Red Sea coast, this paper assesses the tourism development in Eritrea in the pre and post-independence periods. It identifies and assesses the range of issues and problems related to tourism development, and suggests necessary actions for facilitating and accelerating development of tourism in Eritrea. The article also analyses the countries’ tourism development policies and programmes. This analysis would seem to hold out lession for management and development of tourism in a large number of developing countries.
Authors
Ravinder Rena