JOVAGO ADDS KEY HOTELS AND RESORTS IN MOZAMBIQUE
(Posted 19th August 2015)
Travelers headed to Africa and more specifically those planning a visit to Mozambique, one of the continents fast rising tourism destinations, will no doubt be happy to hear about Jovago’s expansion into that country.
Already are over 100 hotels and resorts signed up and available for online bookings via www.jovago.com within just days of launching a ‘recruitment drive’ in the country.
The entry marks part of the growth projections for the company in 2015 which includes the opening of six new offices across the continent, Kampala / Uganda being the most recent addition.
Mozambique’s tourism industry is experiencing major growth in recent years. From being a non-existent sector after the post-independence war in the early 1990’s it set unprecedented record of world’s highest growth rate at 37% in 2005. Today, the industry attracts more foreign investment than any of the other sectors and already accounts for about 6.0% of total employment in the country with this percentage rising fast. Investments in aviation infrastructure and the opening up of space for private airlines, combined with a positive disposition towards facilitating foreign investment have made the tourism industry a star performer. The country’s Indian Ocean beaches facing the Madagascar channel have seen a number of highly fancied and top rated resorts open its doors and the safari sector too is now beginning to catch up with other countries offering a wildlife experience.
(Serena Polana Hotel in Maputo, now available for bookings via Jovago.com)
Commenting on the development die Mr. Paul Midy, CEO for Jovago, express his optimism in the country’s potential, observing that ‘Mozambique has some of the most unpolluted beaches on the continent complimented well by diverse attractions such as Gorongosa National Park and Cahora Bassa Dam’.
Jovago’s entry into Mozambique comes at a time when the country’s tourism sector is experiencing tremendous expansion in terms of investment and tourist arrivals. 2014 recorded the arrivals of an impressive 1‚283,016 tourists which represents a growth of 15 percent over the previous year. Maputo, the capital city is enjoying hospitality standards set by internationally recognized brands such as Serena Hotels and Radisson Blu among others. According to the 2015 report by World Travel and Tourism Council, the sector contributed a total of MZN34.8bl in 2014, accounting for 7.0% of the country’s GDP. This is forecast to rise by 4.7 in 2015 and further projected to register a steady 6.5% growth pa throughout the decade.
‘Sustainable growth of the tourism industry is largely dependent on the hotel industry and infrastructure; our objective is to bring the sector up to speed through taking advantage of ICT’ explained Francisco Trindade, the General Manager Jovago – Mozambique before adding: ‘Being close to our customers and hotels is a major factor in business development and excellent customer care. Mozambique presents a very unique opportunity as it is one of the six Portuguese speaking nations in Africa’.
Jovago Mozambique will according to information received open its doors in early September to join the rest of Maputo-based AIG Group offices at Avenida Eduardo Mondlane No. 1270, in Polana-Maputo.
