France Lives Up To Its Colonial Ties With Africa, Through Tourism
Photo Credit: Vintage French stamp, from French Equatorial Africa. Flickr / Russell Ganzi
Skift Take
France will continue to be a big source of tourists, and also a big supporter of building tourism infrastructure in the poor Sub-Saharan African countries, but with China's big forays into the continent, and Middle-East countries investing in the region, that balance is going to change soon.
France’s shadow over Africa still looms large, decades after it started decolonizing out of the continent. And no, we’re not talking about its recent forays back in, with Mali and now Central African Republic. The French, one of the largest outbound tourist countries in the world, is the largest source of visitors to Africa, according to a new “Africa Tourism Report” by World Bank.
The report speci
