2020, the year of return: Promoting Tourism as a larger employer

In Chapter 2 of Morgan Westcotts Book overview on Tourism and Hospitality in British Columbia, Morgan noted that the transportation sector was vital to the success of the tourism industry. Put simply, he said if we couldn’t move people from place to place — whether by air, sea, or land — we really do not have a tourism industry.

The WeMove platform through its vehicle hire marketplace wemove.co interfaces with the industry by offering; transportation experiences within Nigeria originating and across other West African cities.

In a different book on the Geography of Transport systems, Author, Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue wrote that tourism, was an economic activity that relies on transportation to bring tourists to destinations with transportation itself being part of the touristic experience such as for cruises.

Since the 1970s where tourism became increasingly affordable, international tourists has more than doubled with the emergence of a thriving tourism industry.

It is important to note that tourism, as an economic activity, is characterized by a high level of demand of elasticity. As transport costs are significant for international transportation, demand is strongly influenced by cost fluctuations. Hence, transportation is a key element in the tourism industry. As of 2016, 1.2 billion international tourist visits were accounted for, representing more than 10% of the global population.

The industry is also a large employer accounting for 10% of all global employment. Tourism dominantly takes place in Europe and North America, but a geographical diversification is taking place in Africa.

Hence WeMove.co introduces its guided 8 weeks’ program which bring together experts and industry stakeholders to teach and help you set up your own thriving global tourism business by leveraging on its latest technologies.

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Get detailed background on how @wemoveco is growing the tourism ecosystem working with tour planners to fulfill tourism experience for their guests https://medium.com/wemove-stories/growing-the-tourism-ecosystem-798887de305