Cruise tourism Development in Africa – Eastern and Southern Africa

Cruise tourism Development in Eastern and Southern Africa (ocean and lake destinations)

Scope of Work:

The overall objectives of this assignment was to streamline the procedures and processes of handling cruise ships in the region with a view to promoting cruise tourism in the Eastern and Southern African region throughout all water bodies, from ocean shores to lakes.

• Identify deficiencies in legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Harmonization of regional regulations and legislations.
• Provide uniformity in the service provision in the region.
• Developing structured standards and clear guidelines to coordinate regional activities.
• Promotion of cruise shipping in the region and enhance marketing efforts.
• Strengthen partnerships with EU cruise stakeholders by providing a strategic master plan.
• Information system will be strengthened among the stakeholders.
• Support facilities and infrastructure, such as airports, hotels, transportation, and security in addition to smooth handling of the vessels will be improved in the strategic concept.

Description of Project:

• Attend initial briefings with PMAESA and tourism Cruise conference in Durban.
• Port visits to key itineraries in Africa, interviews and data collection.
• Draft report including institutional programs, policies and interventions in cruise development, framework of funding, stakeholder workshop, findings and final report
• Draft recommended guidelines, definitions and conventions for common use by PMAESA members. Draft framework for collation of cruise statistics.

Project Status:

May 2011 to October 2011