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Published by VoyagesAfriq The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (MTCA), in collaboration with UN Tourism is set to host the inaugural Women in Tourism Regional Congress from 29th to 31st October 2024 at the Freetown International Conference Centre. The event, themed “Beyond Empowerment to Education, Innovation, and Finance Access,” aims […]

Stakeholders and community people of Bureh Town have unanimously agreed for a private sector management model for the touristic and leisure facilities being developed at Bureh Beach by the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs under the Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP). The agreement was made in a meeting organized by the Ministry and the Project[…]

The peaceful, friendly and scenic West African nation of Sierra Leone is set to host its first UN Women in Tourism Regional Congress on October 29 to 31, 2024 at the Freetown International Conference Centre. This milestone event will take place under the distinguished chairmanship of Honourable Nabeela Farida Tunis, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and[…]

The Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Nabeela Farida Tunis, received pupils, teachers, and administrative staff from Belliveau International School, Monrovia, Liberia, on Monday, August 19, 2024. The group arrived in Sierra Leone on Friday, August 16, 2024, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The purpose of their visit was to learn[…]

In their relentless drive to take the Tourism for All Campaign to every region in Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and its agencies (National Tourist Board, Monument and Relics Commission) supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have in the Partner and Promote month of the campaign held regional stakeholder engagements in[…]

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs alongside the National Tourist Board has in a press conference updated newsmen on their recent trips to Zambia and Zimbabwe where they attended the 67th meeting of the UN Tourism Regional Commission for Africa and the first UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Africa respectively. The presser was[…]

Wrapping up activities for July’s Environmental Awareness for Eco-Tourism month in the Tourism for All Campaign, the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs on Tuesday 30th July, 2024 held a one-day staff capacity building workshop on Tourism, Environment, Wildlife and conservation. The training is part of the Ministry’s capacity building efforts aligned with the Ministerial Performance Contract[…]

  Key Highlights of Minister Tunis and team at the 67th meeting of the UN Tourism Regional Commission for Africa and 2nd UN Tourism Regional Conference on Brand Africa under the theme “Promoting Africa to unlock tourism investments and the sector’s growth potential” in Livingstone, Zambia.

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs alongside its agencies (National Tourist Board & Monument and Relics Commission) with support from the World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP) held a validation workshop on the formulation of a Wildlife Tourism Policy and Business Development Plan. The Workshop aimed at ensuring nationwide inputs and comments from relevant[…]

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Hon. Nabeela Farida Tunis on Monday 22 nd July, 2024 informed colleague Ministers of Tourism and the African Tourism Community that the Government of Sierra Leone has embarked on rigorous policy reforms to improve the investment climate including but not limited to tax Incentives, ease of business registration and[…]