Malinga ndi posachedwapa UNWTO's World Tourism Barometer, Africa idaphatikiza zotsatira zolimba za chaka chatha, motsogozedwa ndi Sub-Saharan Africa (+6%) pomwe North Africa idakwera 4% mgawo loyamba la 2018. 6 poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha. Zotsatira zikuwonetsa kupitiliza kwa machitidwe amphamvu omwe adawonedwa mu 2018 (+2017%) ndipo mpaka pano, apitilira UNWTOKuneneratu kwa 4% mpaka 5% kwa chaka chonse cha 2018.
Mu 2017, Africa idaposa anzawo kuti alembe kuchuluka kwa + 9% kwa obwera padziko lonse lapansi, popeza ma risiti oyendera alendo padziko lonse lapansi adakwera 5%. Izi zikufanana ndi alendo 63 miliyoni obwera ku Afirika, pa 1,323 miliyoni ofika padziko lonse lapansi; ndalama zokwana madola 38 biliyoni.
Chidaliro pa zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi chimakhalabe cholimba malinga ndi zaposachedwa UNWTO Kafukufuku wa Gulu la Akatswiri Oyenda. Maonedwe a gululi panyengo yapano ya Meyi-Ogasiti ndi yabwino kwambiri m'zaka khumi, motsogozedwa ndi malingaliro otukuka mu Africa, Middle East ndi Europe. Kuwunika kwa akatswiri pazantchito zokopa alendo m'miyezi inayi yoyambirira ya 2018 kunalinso kolimba, mogwirizana ndi zotsatira zamphamvu zomwe zidalembedwa m'malo ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Bungwe la World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ndi bungwe la United Nations lomwe limayang'anira ntchito zokopa alendo odalirika, okhazikika komanso ofikirika padziko lonse lapansi. Ndilo bungwe lotsogola padziko lonse lapansi pazantchito zokopa alendo, lomwe limalimbikitsa zokopa alendo monga dalaivala wakukula kwachuma, chitukuko chophatikizana ndi kukhazikika kwa chilengedwe ndipo limapereka utsogoleri ndi chithandizo ku gawoli pakupititsa patsogolo chidziwitso ndi mfundo zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi. Imagwira ntchito ngati bwalo lapadziko lonse lapansi lazandale pazandale komanso gwero lothandiza la chidziwitso cha zokopa alendo. Imalimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Global Code of Ethics for Tourism kuti ipititse patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo pachitukuko chazachuma, ndikuchepetsa zovuta zomwe zingachitike, ndikudzipereka kulimbikitsa zokopa alendo ngati chida chokwaniritsa zolinga za United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ), cholinga chothetsa umphawi ndikulimbikitsa chitukuko chokhazikika ndi mtendere padziko lonse lapansi.
UNWTO imapanga chidziwitso chamsika, imalimbikitsa ndondomeko ndi zida zoyendera zokopa alendo, imalimbikitsa maphunziro ndi maphunziro okopa alendo, ndipo imagwira ntchito kuti ntchito zokopa alendo zikhale chida chothandizira chitukuko kudzera m'mapulojekiti othandizira luso m'mayiko oposa 100 padziko lonse lapansi.
UNWTOUmembala wa bungweli ukuphatikiza mayiko 156, madera 6 ndi mamembala opitilira 500 omwe akuyimira mabungwe omwe si aboma, mabungwe amaphunziro, mabungwe azokopa alendo ndi mabungwe azokopa alendo. Likulu lake lili ku Madrid.
