Pan Africa Tourism Board (PATBOARD)
Track the host cities, route launches, summit signals, and destination momentum shaping how Africa travels, meets, invests, and positions itself across 2026.
Zanzibar is listed to welcome the Africa Gala Ceremony on 28 August 2026, while Tanzania is also slated to host the World Travel Awards Global Grand Final on 28 November 2026.
The 69th Meeting of the UN Tourism Regional Commission for Africa is scheduled for Seychelles on 2-4 July 2026, while Victoria Falls is set to host the 2nd UN Tourism Regional Congress on Women's Empowerment in Tourism from 29 April to 1 May 2026.
Rwanda's capital is set to host the Africa CEO Forum on 14-15 May 2026, adding to a high-profile calendar that also supports broader tourism and investment visibility. At the same time, CityBlue Hotels is rolling out AI concierge capability across Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
South African Tourism has confirmed Meetings Africa for 23-25 February 2026 and Africa's Travel Indaba for 11-14 May 2026, keeping two of the continent's most influential travel trade platforms firmly on the calendar.
Oman Air plans to begin direct Muscat-Kigali service in June 2026, while South Africa and Angola have signed a three-year tourism action plan that supports lifting passenger and cargo flight capacity restrictions.