There are different factors that contributed to the slow tourism development in Africa. First, there are few tourism products that suit the short hall markets need and want specifically Africa. Second, African disposable income is very low which I think is the major factor that hinders short-haul travel or engagement in tourism (low travel propensity rate). Third, most African countries target long haul or major global tourism source markets than emerging markets and Africa as the main market. (More than 70% of travel is made within a radius of 1000 (McKercher and Lew, 2003). ...

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I think that the answer to your question can be based on the empirical findings from latin America. The answer would be yes, but it needs a deep transformation on the required curricula of the students.

We do hope that tourism education can change some of the points you highlighted Ermias Kifle Gedecho

for some insights...

Carlisle, S., Kunc, M., Jones, E., & Tiffin, S. (2013). Supporting innovation for tourism development through multi-stakeholder approaches: Experiences from Africa. Tourism Management, 35, 59-69.

Snyman, S. L. (2012). The role of tourism employment in poverty reduction and community perceptions of conservation and tourism in southern Africa. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 20(3), 395-416.

Sindiga, I. (2018). Tourism and African development: Change and challenge of tourism in Kenya. Routledge.

Visser, G., & Hoogendoorn, G. (2011). Current paths in South African tourism research. Tourism Review International, 15(1-2), 5-20.

Booyens, I. (2010). Rethinking township tourism: Towards responsible tourism development in South African townships. Development Southern Africa, 27(2), 273-287.

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Hello Odum, Africa is a big place. Even in Western Tourism Education there are discussion about the best way to attend this subject. Even in the same country you sometimes found different approaches. I think the best way is to isolate the geographical territories and apply different formats. I mean, see what search and demand you have, what kind of public you want to attract and then, work on it. Create the curriculum with that specs. My little experience tells me you can cover every tourism theme/area with great accuracy. You should select the sectors one by one and form people!