The rate is embodied in nine thousand 917 tourists (+7,188) who housed in hotel units that gave accounts to the office of culture, tourism, youth and sports, of which two thousand 592 were foreigners, especially from Portugal , South Africa, France and Brazil.
Speaking to Angop, the director acting on this cabinet said that the data may be higher than those presented, because despite the obligation of operators provide statistical information, not all meet, so the cabinet numbers represent only nearby 20 percent of visitors who were in the region.
Of the main sights visited includes the Serra da Leba viewpoint, the Huila Cascade, the Tundavala slit and the monument of Cristo Rei, as well as the cultural tourism made, above all, at the Regional Museum, at the historic site of Lubango and in the barracks, the latter, where the city was born.
For the director in exercise Yuri Monteiro the balance is “positive”, above all, thanks to the performance of activities that added value to the hotel and tourist component, such as the International Tourism Scholarship, the meeting of the Financial Information Unit and the Fair of the municipalities and cities of Angola.
“We had an average occupation of 82 percent of the hotels, but it still does not satisfy.
We should reach 100 percent, a situation that makes us reflect on working more and more, in order to welcome more activities to enhance hotels, as well as advertise and value tourist spots, for greater dissemination of domestic tourism, ”said .
Generally speaking, according to the source, the sector "is well", but needs to accelerate the actions of the Development Director Plan, substantiated in overcoming access difficulties in some sights, lack of support infrastructures to the sights, among others to make tourism with greater comfort. Huila's Directors of Tourism Development 2024-2027, said the official, contemplates the installation of tourist support kiosks in the Tundavala slit and Christ the King, as well as the creation of new special credit lines that can encourage the Investment in the sector.
added that the plan foresees the construction, rehabilitation and asphalt of the roads that connect the sights, the creation of a vocational training plan for sector operators, proposals for revenue collection with cableds to be installed in the Tundavala slit and in Christ the King, as well as the collection of toll on access to the sights. Creation and updating of tourist itineraries in the province and the signaling of points, or outside the localities, are other actions pointed out by the responsible, in the plan of the Plan of tourism development in Huila.
Yuri Monteiro signaled that the idea is to identify the tourist potential of the province, in the context of opportunities resulting from the current and expected conjuncture in the sector at national and world level, to transform the province's tourist resources into related products.
The identification of the areas of improvement and blocking points for sustainable tourism growth in the province and the definition of a clear view on which tourism is intended, in line with the country's development strategy prepared by the executive, are in the purposes of the initiative. The Provincial Office of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports of Huila Currently controls 12 hotels, 20 pensions, 14 tourist villages, two resorts, 88 hostels, 93 restaurants, 296 snack-bares, 22 service companies and 21 travel agencies . It also has 22 monuments and classified sites. EM/MS
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