Travel and tourism policies and enabling conditions: An analysis of strategies in Mauritius and Egypt

B. Rasethuntsa, S. Perks
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The best travel and tourism policies and enabling conditions play a significant role in promoting tourism competitiveness. Africa’s weak global tourism competitive position emanates from its inability to develop appropriate tourism policies and its failure in providing enabling structures to support competitive tourism among others. The aim of this article is thus to investigate the best travel and tourism practices used by high-ranking African countries (Egypt and Mauritius) in the Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (TTCI) to suggest suitable travel and tourism policies and create enabling conditions to promote tourism elsewhere in Africa. The study analyses secondary data about the best practices applied to prioritise the tourism sector, international openness, price competitiveness and environmental sustainability. It is established that the two selected countries utilise strategies such as the establishment of promotion bodies, diversify their markets, search for investment, pursue the expansion of air transport, practice international openness through embassies and bilateral agreements, and develop and enforce environmental laws. The study identified that collaborative efforts between all tourism stakeholders were an essential component in establishing a healthy tourism industry. This article contributes towards the body of knowledge by highlighting how African countries can model tourism policies and supportive structures to enhance their competitiveness. 
旅行和旅游政策和有利条件:毛里求斯和埃及战略分析
最佳的旅游政策和有利条件对提高旅游竞争力具有重要作用。非洲在全球旅游业竞争地位薄弱的原因是它没有能力制定适当的旅游政策,也没有提供支助竞争性旅游业的有利结构。因此,本文的目的是调查旅游和旅游竞争力指数(TTCI)中排名靠前的非洲国家(埃及和毛里求斯)使用的最佳旅游和旅游实践,以建议合适的旅游和旅游政策,并为促进非洲其他地方的旅游业创造有利条件。该研究分析了关于优先考虑旅游业、国际开放、价格竞争力和环境可持续性的最佳实践的二手数据。确定这两个选定的国家利用诸如建立促进机构,使其市场多样化,寻找投资,追求航空运输的扩大,通过大使馆和双边协定实行国际开放,以及制定和执行环境法律等战略。该研究确定,所有旅游利益攸关方之间的合作努力是建立健康旅游业的重要组成部分。本文通过强调非洲国家如何制定旅游政策和支持性结构以提高其竞争力,为知识体系做出了贡献。
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