Best Tourist Investment is in West Africa

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Best Tourist Investment is in West Africa
Lome, Togo West Africa
Friday, June 1, 2007
by Andy of HoboTraveler.com

It is not often I live in a tourist destination where Hotels and Tourist services are consistent. There are almost 99 percent consistent in management, if possible, to do wrong, they do it 99 percent wrong. They are all living in the age of Colonization and King, Queens and Fiefs, there is a delusion that the good times will return.

West Africa Tourism, lead by the French are jumping up down on it, some people just step on IT, however some jump up and down on IT…

The number one advertiser for West Africa has to be the NGO-ONG save the world group. Therefore, maybe 95 percent of advertisements show Africa as being the worst place on the planet. CNN, BBC and all the news media coverage announces doomsday daily, this good tourist destination has a bad perception and nothing looks like it will change for the next ten years, the advertising money used to promote tourism is fighting a losing battle against the big money of the Non Governmental Organizations bound and determined to tell everyone on the planet Africa is dying of something, I am not sure, I have not seen it.

Then to boot, they have this European attitude of pay 10 Euros for bad service and say thank you, and you love it.

It has to be the easiest place on the planet to start a Hotel or Hostel and thrive, there is no competition. The French who you would think would be the competition are pricing their restaurants and hotels at European Prices, however then living in the poorest countries on the planet. There is no way the cost to provide a service here is even a tenth of the cost of Europe. The food is expensive, but labor is 2 dollars per day.

I am hard pressed to think of one hotel doing anything correct, as I mean a great value for the money in international terms. I can find a great priced hotel, then everything outside the room, such as restaurant, common area and entitlement is either abuse or non-existent.

Tourist Information Brochures - I am trying to think when I saw any tourist information brochures. Sometimes in Europe, there will be a ten-meter wall of brochures. I am looking at zero, I have none in my stack of normal junk to discard, nobody has even gave me their business card to a hotel, I have asked and received, however none have forced it on me, as they should… I mean, make it easy to have, sitting on the reception desk, or offered.

What an opportunity for an Americans, Australians, English speaking Canadians or New Zealand people. I truthfully do not think the European culture understands honest service and competition yet, they are all still in favor of monopolies and see Wal-Mart as the enemy. Hmm, the Chinese, they could possibly be good, and they are committed to Africa in a way. Europeans appear want the sweetheart under the table deal, they are not willing to go head to head with the competition.

Best Tourist Investment is in West Africa

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Anonymous said on Saturday June 2nd, 2007 03:44:00 AM

You haven't traveled much in Europe if you think the Europeans are incapable of competing. Wal-mart got it's butt kicked in Europe because it is dependent on the American automobile-based suburban lifestyle and doesn't know how to compete when faced with the compact walkable cities that Europeans prefer. Wal-mart also can't compete in New York City, which is one of the few American cities which ressembles a European city. Champion, LIDL and the other big French retailers think nothing about running a bunch of small-town overpriced mom-and-pop stores out of business, nor do the french consumers have any qualms about shopping at these big retailers (though they might walk down a side-street to avoid being seen by the owners of the mom-and-pop stores carrying bags from the big retailers). You should read that wiki bit about confirmation bias, etc very carefully, because there are few people on this planet who have been more brainwashed than you, Andy the hobo, about all sorts of subjects, the state of the European retail market being just one of many.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Saturday June 2nd, 2007 06:26:00 AM

Thanks for proving three of my points.1. They are all living in the age of Colonization and King, Queens and Fiefs, European attitude of pay 10 Euros for bad service and say thank you, and you love it.You said,"though they might walk down a side-street to avoid being seen by the owners of the mom-and-pop stores carrying bags from the big retailers"2. I truthfully do not think the European culture understands honest service and competition yet, they are all still in favor of monopolies and see Wal-Mart as the enemy.You said,"Wal-mart got it's butt kicked in Europe"3. Europeans appear want the sweetheart under the table deal, they are not willing to go head to head with the competitionYou said"Wal-mart got it's butt kicked in Europe"Thanks for posting it fun to read, logic is all backwards, what you are saying is proving my points and in ways better than me.I am hard pressed to say people in Europe or New York like to walk, they have no choice. A preference can only be sample when both options are available. Similar to saying people do Africa do not like to watch TV because they do not have one.Wal-mart is invading Europe, I do not see Europe invading the USA.Africa needs China products, they need cheap and affordable product. This Third Estate Mentality of Europe needs to end in Africa, and I hope also in Europe, better throw in New York and the East Coast, for good measure.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Estate Hmm, I think Marx was involved in this and derived some ideas from France.Why is Europe so angry at the USA, they know they are adopting the culture of the USA, the French Retailers idea is proof, plus in Paris, they get to watch old reruns of Banaza and there is a McDonalds on every corner.