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Positioning Mozambique as Africa’s leading tourism destination

by Charné Hundermark
February 6, 2021
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The African continent is renowned for its rich diversity of cultures, languages, wildlife and landscapes. Mozambique enjoys the privilege of encapsulating these elements in one country. The southeastern nation is both a coastal paradise – with 2,500km of white-sand beaches and an extensive coastline – and a wildlife utopia, with conservation projects covering approximately 15 per cent of the country’s surface area. While Mozambique offers pristine beaches, unspoiled nature, eco-tourism, along with a rich historical landscape of cathedrals and colonial architecture, the country’s tourism sector remains significantly underutilised, particularly when compared to other African tourist hotspots like neighbouring South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Historically, development of the tourism sector in Mozambique has been inhibited by political instability and economic uncertainty. However, at the end of the 1990s, it became the fastest-growing sector of the economy, growing by 37 per cent in 2005, representing the highest tourism industry growth rate globally. Between 2001 and 2020, its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product continued to grow steadily, accounting for 8.2 per cent of domestic output in 2020. Under the administration of President Filipe Nyusi, the country has begun to progressively revitalise its tourism sector, recognising the broader socio-economic benefits initiated by its development. With a Strategic Tourism Development Plan 2015-2024 that provides a detailed strategy and action plan for directing government and private sector interventions, the Mozambican government seeks to position the country as a leading tourist destination on the continent.

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Energy projects spur tourism development

One of the primary challenges preventing travel to Mozambique concerns the lack of infrastructure and access to electricity. The country faces critical infrastructural deficits, predominantly within the transport sector, including insufficient road maintenance and access, as well as lack of a properly managed water supply. In conjunction with a low access to electricity rate – measured at 29 per cent in 2020 – the tourism sector has remained significantly more under-developed than its potential indicates. However, with an influx of foreign investment and billion-dollar energy projects currently underway, the strategic opportunity has emerged to co-develop the tourism sector and associated infrastructure alongside large-scale gas infrastructure.

Majority of the country’s natural gas discoveries – approximately 100 trillion cubic feet of proven reserves – have been made in the Cabo Delgado Province, which serves as a tourism hotspot in the country, as well. Accordingly, as Liquified Natural Gas projects continue to progress, the province will see the upgrade and development of infrastructure, roads and water supply to support them. Additionally, through the development of key gas-to-power infrastructure, the country can maximise gas reserves as a power generation source, raising electricity access rates nation-wide. By developing gas-to-power facilities, the country can reduce electricity costs, bring competitiveness to the power sector and provide alternative generation solutions. Consequently, increased provisions will boost tourism, as living standards increase and economic growth is realised.

 

Re-injecting capital to boost development

In the context of Mozambique’s tourism sector, the benefits of transformative energy projects go beyond infrastructural development. As Mozambique begins to cement its position as a regional and global gas exporter, the country will generate a large amount of foreign currency and instigate opportunities for offshoot industry and trade. To fully develop tourism and establish Mozambique as a leader in the industry, the government must ensure that revenues earned from gas exports are re-injected into the economy. By maximising energy export revenues, Mozambique can indirectly grow its tourism sector, spurring job creation and broader economic development in the process. Additionally, by utilising energy revenues through improved provision of funding, investment in tourism can be catalysed and economic stability – a pre,-determinant for many tourism operators – can be realised.

As the Coronavirus Disease recedes and tourism begins to pick up globally, Mozambique holds the unique opportunity to utilise its energy development to expand the tourism sector and become the premier tourist destination in Southern Africa. By leveraging energy revenues to spur infrastructure development and achieve enhanced economic stability, Mozambique can realise its goals of becoming an African tourism leader.

*Hundermark works with Africa Oil and Power

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