Travel and Tourism in Côte d'Ivoire

End of the conflict brings economic recovery

After a civil war spanning 2010-2011 that halted the economy, Côte d’Ivoire is once again back in business with a large stream of FDI targeted at a wide variety of markets. The government is pushing Côte d’Ivoire, and especially its economic capital Abidjan, to become a hub for the wider French-speaking region. As more airlines and international hotels enter the country, a wider range of business infrastructure will become available and boost Abidjan’s attractiveness as tourist destination.

Infrastructure improvements boosted travel and tourism

In 2012-2013 new highways were introduced to satisfy the demands of commerce and industrial needs, but also to boost domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. Abidjan is now connected to Yamoussoukro and further, to Signrobo, in the north of the country. Connections to neighbouring countries are also priority projects for the government. Railways are to be improved within the country.

Growing oil extraction industry to provide affordable prices for transportation and to drive sea transportation

Thanks to foreign investments into the development of the petroleum industry, the government launched in 2013 a modernisation project for the key port areas. As a result, this maintains the inflation and prices on fuel for transportation and contributes to growth of sea transportation. Among the key partners of the government are the international players, like Total, Pétroci, and Panatlantic, but also Lukoil, First Fuel and Taleveras.

Air Côte d’Ivoire shows impressive growth after two years on the market

The national company was able to join the key players on the market and showed very promising results in two years of operations. It provided flights to 17 destinations by the end of 2013. Air transportation remains the key contributor to the development of travel and tourism in the country.

Travel accommodation adjusted in accordance with general tourism strategy

Business tourism is the main type of inbound tourism in Abidjan city, the economic capital of the country. But the government tries to attract more leisure tourists and develops five-star hotels for dynamic high-class leisure tourists along with expansion of travel accommodation to remote areas and develop ecotourism. A project to construct 30 bungalows called “relais Paillotes” located nearby natural parks and making use of ecologically pure sources of energy, is one example.

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