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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the susceptibility of the global tourism industry to external shocks and crisis events. The pandemic has disproportionately and negatively affected the Sub-Saharan African region due to its palpable reliance on international tourism arrivals. More pertinently, while most countries promote domestic tourism as a tourism sector recovery strategy, African countries face some unique challenges in harnessing domestic tourism for post-pandemic recovery. The chapter retrospectively explores and interrogates the inherent constraints of domestic tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa and draws critical lessons and best practices from the literature. This includes relevant cases and policy documents to provide recommendations to mitigate the effect of both the pandemic and the region’s inherent constraints to ensure a more sustainable and resilient domestic tourism-led future for SSA, post-pandemic.
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Matiza, T. (2023). Post-COVID-19 Domestic Tourism-Led Recovery: The Paradox of Sub-Saharan African tourism. In: Köchling, A., Seeler, S., van der Merwe, P., Postma, A. (eds) Towards Sustainable and Resilient Tourism Futures. Schriftenreihe des Deutschen Instituts für Tourismusforschung, vol 1. Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.37307/b.978-3-503-21195-1.13
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