{"id":3617,"date":"2014-06-20T12:05:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T12:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/saotomeprincipe\/?page_id=3617"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:33:19","slug":"tourism-in-sao-tome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/saotomeprincipe\/tourism-in-sao-tome\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism in Sao Tome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sao Tome &amp; Principe tourism industry is among the most diverse and vibrant in the world. Beyond the pristine beaches and year-round sunshine, it is a popular destination for adventure, eco, sailing, diving, health and cultural tourism and for religious tourism to sites.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism is the main economic influence in S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe\u2019s GDP growth. Nevertheless, preparatory works to start oil exploration are already underway and according to a number of experts, the market is expected to begin its expansion in 2015 and the country therefore expects to get more tourists in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe\u2019s economy will see a healthy performance over the forecast period. This will allow the government to increase investments to upgrade and build new social and travel-and-tourism-related infrastructures and services<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regulatory Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Tourism is the authority responsible for overseeing tourism in Sao Tome &amp; Principe.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism in Sao Tome has been summarized to include the following;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/saotome\/attractions-of-sao-tome-and-principe\/\">Top Tourist Attractions<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/saotome\/sao-tome-flight-status\/\">Flight Status<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/en\/ais\/details\/ships\/668124342\/vessel:THE_BROTHERS_V\">Shipping Status<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/saotome\/sao-tome-principe-immigration-authority\/\">Immigration Authority<\/a> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more reading<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saotomeislands.com\/\">http:\/\/www.saotomeislands.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euromonitor.com\/travel-and-tourism-in-sao-tome-e-principe\/report\">http:\/\/www.euromonitor.com\/travel-and-tourism-in-sao-tome-e-principe\/report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sao Tome &amp; Principe tourism industry is among the most diverse and vibrant in the world. Beyond the pristine beaches and year-round sunshine, it is a popular destination for adventure, eco, sailing, diving, health and cultural tourism and for religious tourism to sites. Tourism is the main economic influence in S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe\u2019s GDP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tourism in Sao Tome - Sao Tome AfriFacto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/saotomeprincipe\/tourism-in-sao-tome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tourism in Sao Tome - Sao Tome AfriFacto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sao Tome &amp; Principe tourism industry is among the most diverse and vibrant in the world. 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