Africa 24

There are snail-pace moves by the government of Sierra Leone to improve tourism economy in the country.

Many Sierra Leoneans have said the country has many it should first develop before it could attract tourists visiting the nation. The roads are bad; light is an old-age problem, the rubbish is still not taken away from the streets. Old trees are never on our streets like the colonial days.

Sierra Leone is not ready to race with other nations like Ghana, Senegal and Rwanda in Africa who have been beautifying their cities.

Ghana has so many amazing tourists presence ever since.

Its beaches are so exotic with warmth atmosphere for tourists to enjoy nature’s footprints on earth.

Also, Ghanians have long been built some standard out, luxurious hotels with a number of shopping malls across Kumasi and Accra. These are all the tourists attracted environments that foreign visitors would like to see and live in.

Rwanda is Africa’s icon in touristic destinations. The country is blessed with nature’s neatly carved mountains. And so, because these mountains are being preserved by their people  generations after generations, the revenue streams they are getting from the visits by visitors is contributing a huge chunk to Rwanda’s GDP.

Rwanda is Africa finest country now in the world.

Sierra Leone, similarly, has many beautiful places like Loma mountains, River Sewa, Bunce Island – – which can be regarded as Africa’s Slave Trade Island. These places in Sierra Leone are natural sites which foreigners would like visiting. If only they are given a face-lift. But an ordinary Sierra Leone, if asked, why are we behind in cultural tourism moves, he/she would tell you that it’s because we are not ready as government and a nation to preserve our natural environments such as our beaches in Freetown, Peninsula mountains in the city and those in upcountry.

For us to attract tourists entering our country like some African countries, the government needs to protect our historical places and invest money into tourism thereby giving a befitting outlook to those being identified as cultural heritages. Our roads need to be made good, with water and electricity running unstoppably.