A search on the platform www.hoteisangola.com indicates that the month of August was the best in terms of accommodation in Angola and Lubango, capital of Huíla, the most sought after municipality by tourists, attracted by the Festas de Nossa Senhora do Monte.

The data presented shows that Angola is growing, with regard to tourist demand and research, whose numbers are based exclusively on the search carried out on the platform, constant promotional work carried out by the hoteisangola.com, whose focus is to publicize the page's partners, indicates the research.

On the list, after Lubango is Huambo and, sequentially, Benguela, Lobito and Malanje, the latter being one of the municipalities where the platform does not have partners, so customers are recommended to hotels in municipalities neighbors.

Among the 10 most sought after hotel units on the page, Huíla appears with three, namely the Pululukua Resort, Hotel Serra da Chela and Kimbo do Soba, followed by Benguela with two, Aparthotel Mil Cidades and CV Lodge.

The majority of tourists are national with 84.26%, according to the promoter, followed by Portuguese (5.93%), Brazilians (1.63%), South Africans (0.92%), British (0.82%), Americans (0.65%), Namibians (0.59%), French (0.57%), Spanish (0.47%) and Mozambicans with 0.37% As for reserves by provinces, Benguela appears at the top with 29%, Huíla comes next with 17 and Huambo completes the three first places with 16.3%.

Uíge is in last position with 0.0%. The research reveals that the provinces and municipalities with the greatest number of partnerships and greater publicity are the most sought after in terms of concerns tourist movement in the national territory.

He also points out that events in the city of Lubango are “extremely” important for tourist demand and movement, pointing out as difficulties, in general, the issue of communication (places with many internet problems), in mobilization or interconnection between operators and poor training/knowledge of the sector structure.

Still, there is the ability to show the local public the importance of the sector in local development, continually investing in staff training, create more digital information about the tourism potential of the regions, mobilize and encourage visitors to sharing images and experiences on social networks and making operators feel the need to take the internet to the various corners of Angola.

These results were obtained from a total of 80 thousand 896 unique visits to the portal between August 1st and 31st, giving rise to a daily average of 2 thousand 610. MS

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