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Africa’s slow tourism recovery sustains external strains

Sub-Saharan Africa’s tourism industry has recovered slowly from the pandemic, albeit with significant variation in performance across the continent. Signs that the tourism outlook is weakening risk exacerbating balance of payments strains in tourism-dependent economies like Kenya and Tanzania, increasing their vulnerability to external shocks.

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