Tourism in Ivory Coast

Important the economic Développement of the Ivory Coast jus' aqu' in the middle of the Années 1980 made of it a destination of business more than tourist. In spite of that, the strong community of expatriates which lived there permanently and raises it Générale standard of living allowed the development of the Infrastructure S of great quality, directed towards the top-of-the-range customers and the Tourisme of Affaire. The sector logically suffered from the crisis.

The group Accor is present since 1979, Accord Ivory accounts for 50% of the activity and the results of Accor Africa.

Multiple assets

The Ivory Coast of the islands close to the area of the lagoon, it counts 520 Kms of coasts bordering the Atlantic Ocean: sand beaches end, coconuts, splits, cliffs, Lagune S allow bathes, Surf, sporting Pêche, water sports, Voile… the towns of Large-Bassam, Assinie or Sassandra is principal the balneal tourist Destination S.

The country counts also many natural parks and of Réserve S which offers a broad variety of fauna and landscapes of the Northern to the Southern

Traditional tourism which can be easily supplemented with cultural tourism: the Population of the Ivory Coast is a mosaic of more than sixty ethnos groups representing as many Croyance S, Langue S, traditions and craft industries. With Yamoussoukro is the Basilique Notre-Dame of the Peace, whose Dôme is larger than that of the Basilique Saint Pierre of Rome. The north of the country, has Moslem majority, account also many Mosquée S secular.

Policy of tourism

In April 2007, Sidiki Konaté (of the new Forces) is named Ministre for tourism and the craft industry in the Gouvernement of Guillaume Soro

For the first time, the state comes to entrust the mission of promoting the image of the Ivory Coast to the Tourisme. One of the priorities of Laurent Gbagbo as of Guillaume Soro is that the Ivory Coast is removed from the negative priori create by the crisis

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