The public authorities are redoubling their efforts to boost the tourism sector. To offer more comfort to tourists, it was decided to reopen the Roc Hôtel d’Atakpamé after three months of renovation work.
Located on one of the 07 hills of the town of Atakpamé, this state hotel was built in the 1970s and has 27 rooms. After its partial renovation in 2010, the establishment has once again been given a new look.
The objective of this improvement is to attract more customers, especially tourists. This renovation comes after that of the Kara hotel, work on which ended in 2022.
These are actions that complete the long list of initiatives undertaken by the government to promote tourism in Togo.
Big ambitions
By 2025, the country is eager to have tourism contribute to at least 6% of gross domestic product (GDP), attract at least 500,000 visitors per year, and create more than 10,000 additional jobs.
To achieve this, a project to create an ecotourism site in the Akébou prefecture was validated in January 2021, among other decisions. In addition, a program to revalorize the waterfalls of Kpimé and its surroundings is currently being carried out.
Likewise, the blast furnaces of Bandjéli in Bassar benefit from a development project to make the tradition more alive. In addition, coastal development projects are being implemented to attract more visitors.
A sector essential to development
Togo has recorded encouraging results in the tourism industry in recent years. After a year 2020 marked by Covid-19, the sector is gradually regaining its potential.
In 2021, the country welcomed 983,969 tourists, double the arrivals in 2020 (481,706 tourists). This represents a gain of 34%, increasing revenues from 19 billion CFA francs in 2020 to 25 billion in 2021.
In 2019, tourism brought in around 53 billion CFA francs to the national economy. These figures prove that the State can make the tourism sector a real lever for economic development.
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