Ghana has put in place a plan that would see the West African nation attract over 2.4m visitors and double tourism revenues to the tune of $4.697bn by 2022.

The number of arrivals from China to the US fell last year for the first time in 15 years. The Chinese are the world's highest-spending foreign visitors and their tourism dollar is sorely missed.

Putting Uzbekistan on the world tourism map.

Rwanda's tourism sector got a sizeable boost as a massive 25 year concession deal between the Rwanda Development Board and Imizi EcoTourism Development was concluded. The agreement will see the installation a multi-phased conservation and tourism management program in Gishwati-Mukura National Park in the West of the Country.

Pioneer in African safari tourism Cottar's celebrates the first 100 years of operations in Kenya. CNBC Africa is joined by Louise Cottar, Director of Cottar’s Safari Service to understand the company’s iconic position in shaping African and world safari tourism.

French tourism at record high in 2018 despite Yellow Vest protests.

No other city in the world is cracking down so radically on mass tourism. The Dutch capital is fending off a particular kind of visitor with all the means it can muster.

Home-grown travel companies are pushing for more Nigerians to explore their own country in a bid to build up a tourism sector long overshadowed by the petroleum industry.

Saudi Arabia pursues an ambitious agenda called "vision 2030". That is the government's plan to bring the country up to speed with the rest of the world. Tourism is part of the efforts to rebrand the image of the ultraconservative Kingdom as an open country.

Lai Mohammed commends Cross River government efforts at developing tourism.

Barcelona and Argentina superstar, Lionel Messi, has visited Egypt as part of his role as an ambassador for the Egyptian ministries of tourism and aviation.

The risk of violence in northwest Africa’s Sahel region has severely damaged the tourism industry. That’s been the case in Mali where five years of instability have led to a reduction in tourist numbers.