Published on : Wednesday, August 29, 2018
In terms of origin, visitors from the East African Community generated highest revenue across all categories at 25 per cent, Europe 22 per cent while the rest of Africa 21 per cent, the report states.
Rwanda has developed the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) strategy meant to partly drive the agenda to make the country a tourism and international conference hub.
According to the report, over the last decade, MICE revenue grew by 180 per cent while the number of delegates visiting Rwanda jumped from 15,000 to 28,300 in the same period.
According to Rwanda Development Board, tourism is Rwanda’s largest foreign exchange earner and has generated over 90,000 jobs so far.
The national goal is to double tourism receipts to USD 800 million by 2024.
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