Tourism includes the flora and fauna of the member states. The region  is a home of many species of animals including the African buffalo , hippos, elephants, lions, rhino, gorillas, leopards and others. It has many species of birds, butterflies and moths. It has mountains, swamps, rivers, lakes, forests, jungles, hot springs, savannah, Crater lakes, fertile and semi-arid land. The region is the most bio-diverse region in Africa.

Tourism has the capacity to handle visitors in terms of tourism infrastructure. The tourism infrastructure includes the transport system, airports , hotels, restaurants, facilities in the parks and tourist sites, medical care, communication. The region has a developed entertainment industry  and  has capable local people to handle tourism. There is however plenty of room for further investment in the  improvement of the tourism infrastructure. Tourism has a lot of investment opportunities which have not yet been exploited.

Our Tourism team offer services in the following areas;

• Tourism regulatory framework
• Tourism sector policy formulation and implementation
• Investment planning  and financing
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Current state assessments
• Investment advisory
• Promotion of tourism
• Wildlife and community
• Infrastructure planning and implementation
• Best practice information for benchmarking
• Feasibility studies and business plans