Until 1975, Angola had developed a certain tourist tradition that was successively canceled by the war. Few know the great tourist potential of this territory that has remained closed to the world for decades.

Tourism, like other riches in the country, is still only a “potential” factor, but certainly Angola offers many opportunities in this sense, thanks to its vast and extremely varied territory from the point of view of climate, agriculture and landscape, still unknown by the tourism. Some South African and Namibian entrepreneurs are already successfully exploiting this potential.

It may seem an excess of optimism to talk about tourism in a country that has just come out of a 27-year-long civil war, with its infrastructure destroyed, but that is exactly what makes Angola a particularly interesting case for this sector too. In addition to the areas of difficult access in the country’s interior, there are many areas that already offer interesting possibilities for investments in the tourism sector. Of course, it is also a tourism oriented to an entrepreneurial market niche and less demanding in terms of comfort. The virgin territory is very suitable for ecological tourism, sustainable, respectful of the environment, especially in the areas characterized by a more delicate environmental balance.

Angola has the capacity to become a new frontier of 21st century tourism. Taking all necessary precautions to travel safely, including from a sanitary point of view, tourists discover vast unexplored territories, which have been isolated from the world for many years and for the first time open to foreigners.

Angola has a huge potential for tourism development, and the Angolan Government created the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism to boost this important area. The charms of Angola are numerous and diversified, since, an unusual natural magnificence is combined with fabulous cuisine, not forgetting its ethnic wealth, which are excellent conditions for the development of the tourism sector.

As a result, Angola’s resources allow the development of environmental tourism, rural tourism, agrotourism, coastal tourism or eco-tourism. It may seem excessively optimistic to talk about tourism in a country that has just come out of a civil war, with its infrastructure destroyed, but that is exactly what makes Angola a particularly interesting case for this sector. In addition to the areas that are difficult to reach in the interior of the country, there are many areas that already offer interesting possibilities for investment in the tourism sector. Of course, it is also a tourism oriented to an entrepreneurial market and less demanding in terms of comfort. The virgin territory is very suitable for ecological tourism, sustainable, respectful of the environment,

Three examples of investment in the tourism sector: the tropical beaches between Luanda and Benguela, with enchanting panoramas and within reach of the contemporary tourist; the Namibe desert (which marks the beginning of the nameless desert Namibia), as beautiful as Namibia in terms of natural beauties and cultural interest; the breathtaking mountains of the Huila Plateau.