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GEOGRAPHY

TOPIC: TOURISM IN CAMEROON

CLASS: (Upper Sixth) Advanced Level

Lesson: Factors favouring tourism in Cameroon

Cameroon is an important tourist destination in Africa with over 500,000 tourists recorded yearly. The
activity is favoured by the following factors:

The bilingual character (English and French are the official languages) of the country gives it the
opportunity for both French and English speakers to come to Cameroon for seminars, conferences,
research, discoveries etc., hence promoting the activity in the world.

The hospitable nature of Cameroonians also attracts many tourists. Cameroonians are very
welcoming and friendly to everybody especially foreigners. This encourages many tourists, who also
enjoy the fact that Cameroon is a peaceful nation, to come for site seeing.

Cameroon is blessed with a variety of tourist potentials both physical and human. The beaches,
rivers, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, museum, parks, the folklore which are present in the country are of
great attraction to tourists.

The presence of tourist facilities in the country like hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cyber cafes,
banks etc. also favour tourism given that they provide services to the tourists. Some prominent
examples include:

-Hotels like Hilton Hotel and Mont Febe in Yaoundé; Mountain hotel in Buea; Ayaba hotel in Bamenda;
TALOTEL in Bafoussam, LA FALAISE and Akwa Palace in Douala, etc.

-The restaurants include White House Restaurant in Douala; Lady L restaurant in Buea, etc.

-The prominent banks are ECOBANK, BICEC, AFRILAND First Bank, etc.

The improvement in the transport facilities (roads, airports, railway lines) also favours tourism
in the country. All regional headquarters are linked by tarred roads. The national airline company-
CAMAIR Co ensures internal flights in the country to ease the movement of tourists. There are many
road transport companies in the country that ensure the tourists to the various sites. Examples are
Touristique express, Transcam Voyages, Amour Mezam express etc.

Communication centers have been set up in London, Paris, New York etc. by the government to
advertise the tourist potentials of the country abroad and seduce the tourists. The Ministry of Tourism
was created to coordinate and promote the activity in the country.
 Question:

With the use of concrete examples, outline three factors that promote tourism in Cameroon.