Report of the Switch Africa Green Regional Sector Meeting on Sustainable Tourism: 29-30 October 2019 Kigali, Rwanda

The SWITCH Africa Green regional meeting on sustainable tourism was held on 29 and 30 October 2019 in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting was a platform for discussion on the economic viability of enterprises in the sustainable tourism sector that had improved livelihoods, generated income and created jobs while preserving the environment. The meeting facilitated dialogue among sustainable consumption and production (SCP) experts, policy- and decision-makers, financial institutions and owners of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) on lessons learned and best practices in scaling up and replicating green business in the tourism sector. The participants were representatives from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda, regional economic communities, the European Union, financial institutions and United Nations agencies, as well as other experts and stakeholders in the sustainable tourism industry around Africa.