Angola rising: tourism is next

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You sir, clearly have never been to Angola. Never gone through the visa process, never been to Luanda, never been hassled by cops and crippled by bureaucracy at every turn. Surely, eventually, some day there will be tourism in Angola. Look at Mike Stead's Brandt publication, but anytime soon. No, not gonna happen.

Tourism is next? How about repairing Luanda's roads? How about bringing down the cost of living for the average Angolan, how about returning to being a net exporter of food, how about paving the road to the port, the heart of this import economy, how about having a functioning system of land line telephony network, how about not dumping raw sewage and gray water directly into the bay pictured above, how about a stable electrical grid? Need I go on?

Oh that, and there is effectively no middle class to speak of.

3-05-2012 @ 5:32PM

Alan said...

Wholeheartedly concur. Spent 2 weeks in Luanda and Soyo for a cost-of-living assignment last year. Luanda is the most expensive city in the world for expatriates/foreign workers. Between touring a mid-quality 3BR expatriate compound apartment that cost $10,000 USD/month, eating a $30 club sandwich at a dingy hotel and taking in the traffic and broken infrastructure...tourism? Are you kidding?

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