Types of tourism encouraged

At independence the accent was on targeting the middle-income segment of the market to visit our coastal resorts, which accounted for 60% of visitors to Somalia. These Tourists took advantage of the inclusive package tour arrangements to visit the country in large numbers giving rise to the on set of high volume tourism in Somalia. This resulted in over-concentration of tourist activities in some areas of the country, notably the coastal beaches of the central coast (around the capital) and areas in the south coast (Kismayo) as well as in some areas in the North (Berbera)

As a result of the aforementioned factors the government felt there is need to harmonize tourism activities and investment with a view to fostering the growth of sustainable tourism in the country. Hence, this led to the formation of the current Somalia’s National Tourism Master Plan, which is in the process of being implemented. The Master plan underscores the need to diversify the tourism product rang and opening up of such new avenues and adventure, incentive and conferences, sports and cultural pursuits. While implementing the current Tourism Development Master Plan, care has been taken to assure that the envisaged developments are not curried out at the expense of environmental considerations.

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