WS 2.3 The Tourism Cluster

The workshop will be strategic in nature and will be focused on policy formulation. It will explore Cabo Verde’s potential to develop the tourism cluster. It will discuss, in particular, what needs to be done so that Cabo Verde can create a high value added tourism cluster.

Specifically, the workshop will provide answers to the following questions:
What are the prospects for tourism as the main lever of the Cabo Verdean economy in the coming years?
What are the areas of activities within the tourism cluster where Cabo Verde has comparative advantages?
What should the governance structure and institutional framework for the tourism Cluster be? Who should be a member of the Cluster network? What should the Cluster’s performance indicators be? What system should we adopt for monitoring and evaluating Clusters? What should the governance system be?
How do we optimize and plan the Cluster’s activities? How do we ensure that planned activities are consistent with the Cluster’s positioning?
How do we ensure the Cluster’s competitiveness and what changes should be made to implement a vision for “high-value tourism?”
What should be the promotion strategy to attract foreign direct investment and create opportunities for the domestic private sector? What should be the policy for promoting Cabo Verde as a tourist destination?