It helps get rid of that wartorn Black Hawk Down image people conjure when they hear SomaliaMan I hope the next president puts a stop to this. There seems to be a lot of Somalis who want somalia to become another one of those third rate tourist destinations. Tourism and igu sawir is not development.
Man I hope the next president puts a stop to this. There seems to be a lot of Somalis who want somalia to become another one of those third rate tourist destinations. Tourism and igu sawir is not development.
The issue is when the economy becomes fully dependant on tourism the state will dedicate itself to catering towards foreigners instead of locals. then the money is not going towards the local economy and benefiting it but rather its going back to try and extracting more profits from tourists and this is bad as wellIn countries like Kenya and Tanzania, tourists bring billions of USD to the local economies. There are over 2 million Somali diaspora. Nowadays, they travel to the neighboring countries rather than Somalia when they want to visit back home. This is money that could've gone to the local Somali economy.
Simply put, I disagree with you.