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This page presented
courtesy of
Cameroon:
Bus Club Tours
Patrick
Guenole, Manager & Commercial Relations
B.P. 20574 Yaoundé-Cameroon, Tel : (237) 999 5721
e-mail :
busclubtours@yahoo.com
/ http://busclubtours.ifrance.com
 Africa
in One Country
Cameroon is many lands in
one.
When our host,
the Hon. Pierre Hele, Minister of Tourism for the Republic
of Cameroon, invited us on a special media tour of his
exciting country, few realized what great tourism potential
was waiting like an unopened gift. Being travel agents and
media professionals from the USA and Canada, many of us had
read tourism brochures, which used the line "Africa in One
Country." We soon discovered that the statement was quite
true in many respects, especially with the diversity of
cultures and landscapes we
encountered.
While we originally
expected to fly around the country from place to place, we
found that the main highways were paved and in good
condition, thus most of 10 day tour leading up to pre
Christmas festivities at the Yaounde Hilton and two local
churches, was an overland journey.
The landscape and points of
interest changed so often, every few hours, there was always
a new sight or sound to draw one's attention. The final leg
of our journey, from Yaounde to the Northern City of Maroua,
was by Cameroon Airlines. From here, we visited a village
near the border with Chad and stayed overnight at Waza
National Park, close to the Nigerian border. I will cherish
every moment of my time in Cameroon, and cannot thank our
hosts enough. continued
Worldwide
Publicity for Cameroon
 The
Africa Travel Association was featured on BBC World Service
in London. A BBC World Service Radio interview featured the
ATA 5th Ecotourism, Commerce & Investment Symposium in
Yaounde, Cameroon. Executive Director Mira Berman was
interviewed at BBC's New York studios prior to the event.
The second part of the program took included a telephone
interview with the Secretary General of the Cameroon
Ministry of Tourism .
We enjoyed our travels in Cameroon to the fullest as a
learning experience and an example of African hospitality at
its best. We encourage you to visit this fascinating country
during the International Year of Ecotourism, and make plans
to attend the ATA 29th International Congress in Douala,
May, 2004.
About
Cameroon
With a population comprising more than two hundred and
fifty ethnic groups having traditions dating a thousand
years back, a biodiversity characterized by forest, savannah
and mountains, the richest and most diversified fauna,
Cameroon has an enormous ecotourist potential. There are
four sites which are really worth mentioning : the Dja
Forest Reserve, the Korup National Park, the Limbe Botanic
Garden and Ebodje.
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