West Africa
A regional tourism architecture shaped by three structural forces no Western publication tracks adequately. The CFA franc monetary arrangement that binds eight UEMOA states to the eurozone. The ECOWAS political realignment following the 2024 Sahel confederation departure. Lagos as the continent's most commercially dynamic city without a regional hub airline. The Corridor's West Africa desk opened with Issue 012 on Senegal's sovereigntist restructuring; Issue 022 reads Cabo Verde's World Cup demand shock.
A nation of 525,000 drew with Spain and took Argentina to extra time. Its tourists spend €41 a day.
Cabo Verde's World Cup run made it the smallest nation ever to reach the knockout stage and delivered a measurable demand shock: US searches up more than 5,000 percent, Expedia up 800 percent, TUI doubled. The attention now meets an economy where 80 percent of bed-nights sit on two islands, the airports run on a French concession, the packages are sold abroad, and the escudo is fixed to the euro. The one US air link flies from Providence twice a week.
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