African nations are being urged to make it easier for people to get visas so that more tourists can visit and the economy can grow. This could mean more jobs and more money for the continent.
A report by the World Travel and Tourism Council says that if African nations make it easier for people to get visas, the continent could earn an extra $168 billion and create 18 million new jobs.
The report says that African nations should improve their air travel systems, make it easier to get visas, and spend more money on marketing tourism.
Julia Simpson, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council, says that African nations should make it easier to get visas, improve air travel between African countries, and spend more money on marketing tourism.
Zubin Karkaria, the head of VFS Global, says that his company has been working in Africa since 2005 and that he is committed to helping the continent grow its tourism industry.
Rwanda and Kenya have already made it easier for people from other African countries to get visas.
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