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Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 29, 2019 – On April 25, 2019, the Ivorian Minister of Tourism, Siandou Fofana, presented to the African Development Bank the fifth tourist destination of Côte d'Ivoire, its tourist destination in 2025, and asked for its support for the implementation of this plan.
The document entitled "The Ivory Coast sublime" was presented to the Vice President of the Bank in charge of the private sector, infrastructure and industrialization, Pierre Guislain, headquartered in Abidjan.
"We came to share this new vision of Ivory Coast with the Bank and get your help and financial support.We need your help to pool the necessary resources for the realization of this project," he said. said Minister Fofana, adding that the strategy would remain in place on nine new flagship projects and would require an investment of $ 5.8 billion.
"One of them is the" business city of Abidjan ", which will be a focal point for the holding of conventions in Côte d'Ivoire. We do not have a conference center or a room that can accommodate 5,000 people. It is therefore necessary to act quickly in this regard, "he said.
"We will also have a 'beautiful beach for all', with a coastline of 550 km that has not yet been exploited. In addition, we will build a 100-hectare recreation park intended to be an entertainment venue for the sub-region, and develop press trips and seven flagship tourist areas, "Fofana added.
The projects envisaged under the strategy include the reinforcement of the tourism code, the creation of additional tourist attractions with a 6,000 hectare land reserve, the creation of a tourism project bank and the redesign of the tourism sector. a "one-stop shop" for tourism. The government also plans to strengthen safety and health care, develop the aviation sector and increase the number of pbadengers at airports to three million, as well as train and certify 230,000 professionals in the sector.
"All this will create jobs and our intention is to create 375,000 new jobs.From 2025, we plan to accommodate four to five million tourists (3.08 million in 2016 and 3.47 million in 2017 In order to make this sector the fourth economic market, the country's mainstay and to make Côte d'Ivoire the fifth largest tourist power in the continent and co-leader of business tourism in Africa, "said Fofana.
Bank Vice President Guislain commended Côte d'Ivoire's "progress" in the tourism sector, saying it was essential for investors.
He informed the delegation of the Bank's financing instruments for the public and private sectors, highlighting the existence of private investment funds and its priority objective of supporting projects that could be financed. by partners with sufficient financial capacity.
"We are pleased to have received your visit and to have read about your strategy.It is important.Business tourism needs to be consolidated and your ambitions are good.The African Bank The Development Bank maintains a close partnership with Ivory Coast, the host The Bank finances many infrastructure projects (energy and roads) essential to the development of tourism.We also financed the development of Air Coast of Ivory Coast, whose development is essential to the prosperity of tourism in the country ". Said Guislain.
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