1. REGIONAL TOURISM MEETING FOR EASTERN AFRICA
Tourism Safety and Security in IGAD: Lessons from other Regional bodies
Jim Ayorekire
REGIONAL TOURISM MEETING FOR EASTERN AFRICA
Kigali, Rwanda
1st - 3rd Juneli 2016

2. Destination competitiveness
Safety and Security
Attractiveness
Destination competitiveness

4. Considerations of Risk - Sources
Human and institutional environment - outside tourism sector (theft, organised crime, terrorism
Tourism sector related – defects in safety, sanitation, security
Individual traveller - personal risks – dangerous activities, criminal activities personal health , conflictive behaviour
Physical and environmental risks – natural disastors, epidemics

5. Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index – TTCI (2015)

6. TTCI of Selected countries (2015)
Safety and Security index
Safety and security
sub indexes
Country
Index score (1-7)
Global TTCI rank /141
Rwanda
5.58 98
Ethiopia
5.18
118
Tanzania
4.85 93
Uganda
4.62
114
Burundi
4.5
135
Kenya
3.78 78
Business costs of crime and violence
Reliability of police services
Business costs of Terrorism
Index of terrorism index
Homicide Rate
Health and hygiene**

7. Good Practices and Learning Experiences

8. Policy Framework: ASEAN
ASEAN Political-Security Community
Safety and security plan
Integrated in Regional Tourism Master Plan
Safety and security webpage
Declaration on Tourism safety and security (2003) signed by the ASEAN Tourism ministers
EAC
East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)
East African Court of Justice
Joint Security coordination mechanism

9. Regional Disaster Risk Management: Caribbean
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
Disaster Risk Management Strategy and Action Plan
Guidelines/standards for national disaster risk management
Hazard mapping, vulnerability assessment and economic valuation & risk assessment
Locate and rescue mechanisms
Reallocation to nearly similar or other destinations – limited interruption of holiday
Recovery strategies - assist affected destinations

10. Security Mechanisms: Schengen area
Schengen Information System (SIS) – police, customs, national border control and judicial authorities
Use of biometrics, alerts mechanism, system query tools and with stronger data protection
Cross-border surveillance and hot pursuit
Faster extradition of convicts;
Quicker transfer and enforcement of criminal judgments

11. Lessons Institutional and regulatory framework
Support/work with existing initiatives - Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN), Safety and Communication Center – Kenya
Enhance Research and Development
Safety and Communication strategy
Tourism as vehicle for Peace

12. STMP recommendations Safety and security Action Plan
Tourism Police units
Adequate resource allocation for tourism safety and security
Leverage existing initiatives
Standard regional risk management
Tourist victim support service
Structures to facilitate partnerships/coordination

13. Thank You