Tourism come to Maputo for Business and Conferences

Maputo is Mozambique’s main destination in terms of tourist numbers, especially when taking into consideration that there were 1,836,143 visitors last year (sourceINE / Migration).

According to statistics provided by INE, the city of Maputo received about 321,041 domestic and foreign guests in 2010, registering

an increase of 38.8%.

In the category of medium-length stays, the city of Maputo outperformed itself once more in relation to other provinces of the country, with an average of 2.1 days per stay. Sofala was the only province which equaled that average length of stay. 

According to the Study of the Value Chain (conducted by SNV in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, CMMaputo, Cedarte, ICC and the Programme for Creative Industries of the United Nations), it was noted that although many visitors came to Mozambique motivated by the prospect of Leisure & Holidays, almost 60% of visitors arrived in the city of Maputo in 2010, mainly

for professional reasons.

This information is particularly important if the purpose is to step up the levels

of live music and entertainment on offer in the city, and create tourism that is

suited to business people, as in cities like Nairobi, Cape Town, São Paulo, London and Tokyo.