Business travellers contribute substantially to the travel industry worldwide. We summarised everything from the average business travel spending to employee behaviour towards corporate travel. Whether you’re going on a trip for work or something else, these are some powerful statistics. 

What is Considered Business Travel?

Business travel includes any domestic or international trip taken by employees to complete corporate-related events. For example, meetings, client works, trade shows, conferences, and product launches. 

Business travel spending comprises all aspects of the trip, from accommodation and transportation to entertainment. 

How Big is the Business Travel Market?

The global business travel market was worth $700 billion in 2020. 

What Percentage of Travel is Business Vs Leisure?

In 2021, business travel accounted for 20% of the total global travel and tourism expenditure. 

Is The Business Travel Industry Growing?

Yes, the business travel market is predicted to grow by 188% in 2028.

General Business Tourism Statistics

Although business travellers only comprise 12% of all airline passengers, they contribute up to 75% of profits. 

This is because corporate travellers tend to pay a higher rate for last-minute and non-stop options, but these travellers also have the luxury of premium seats. 

Nearly all business travel bookings are made online, with 28% of hotel bookings being made directly via the hotel’s website, 14% through a travel agent, 10% from an online travel agency, and 7% via a third party. 

Food & lodging takes up the largest segment of business travel. 

Business Travel Spending

How much are the average business travel expenses? 

In 2021, business travel accounted for 20% of the total global travel and tourism expenditure, a 1% Decrease From 2019.  

Business travel expenditure peaked at approximately $1.4 Trillion In 2019. 

The country spending the second highest amount on business travel was the United States, at just over half of China’s spending. 

Business Traveller Persona

Who is the average business traveller? 

The average business traveller is male (63%), aged between 35 and 54. 

And only 37% of the remainder are female. 

56% Of business travellers are employed in managerial positions. 

Business travellers make an average of $127,000 per year.  

78% Of business travellers travel alone.  

59% Make their own travel arrangements. 

The Best Rated Business Travel Destinations

Where do people travel the most for business? The following scoring system is based on Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI), on a scale from 1 (worst) to 7 (best). 

The top destinations according to the TTDI: 

1. United States
2. China 
3. Japan
4. UK
5. Australia 

Purposes for Business Travel 

• 43% Of sales visits  
• 32% Leadership meetings
• 32% Client–based projects
• 15% Conferences

Employee Perks and Opinions on Business Travel

28% Of employees who travel for work report that travel experience or satisfaction is the biggest pain point of their company’s travel. 

41% Of business travellers claim that cost savings outweigh employee satisfaction in their corporate travel program. 38% Say that both factors are balanced, while 21% state that employee satisfaction is prioritised over cost efficiency. 

The most desired perk by business travellers is the freedom to book with their favourite travel suppliers (46%). 

At 43%, the second most desired business travel perk is the permission to stay an extra night at the end of the trip. 

39% Expressed a desire for companies to pay for leisure experiences during business trips. 

Moreover, nearly 2 out of 5 Millennial employees won’t accept a job that doesn’t allow them to travel. 

Sustainability in Business Travel

56% Of business travellers state that lowering their carbon footprint is a moderate priority, whereas 21% believe that it’s a top priority.  

A majority of business travellers are willing to forego daily hotel and serviced apartment cleaning (77%) to reduce their carbon footprint. 

To support the effort of reducing carbon footprint, most are also willing to use smaller cars (73%), fly premium less frequently (68%), travel less for work (63%), taking longer business trips at a time (56%). 

By 2025, 30% of companies expect sustainability to cause an 11% to 25% cutback in travel budgets. 

Sustainability remains a priority for most companies, but they also expect that it will cause corporate travel spending to decrease. 

Hotels and Serviced Accommodation 

In 2019, meetings and conferences made up 18% of hotel gross bookings. 

Corporate booking tools heavily rely on hotels as accommodation. Only 9% offer alternative lodging. 

Only 12% of travel managers have succeeded in adding clauses that specify the availability of amenities for business stays in hotels. 

When Airbnb for Work launched as Airbnb for Business in 2014, their bookings tripled from 2015 to 2016. 

Then again, Airbnb for Business’ bookings Tripled between 2016 and 2017, while the number of companies using the platform hit 700,000 in 2017, almost double that from the previous year. 

Out of the 60% of Airbnb for Work bookings with more than one guest, 40% of them have three or more guests. 

This indicates a growing interest in collaborative business trips. 

Business Travel Technology and Accessibility

Only 26% of travel managers claim that their corporate travel booking tool does a good job of accommodating employees with accessibility needs.  

Meanwhile, a significant percentage of travel managers (37%) are not sure how well their company’s booking tool assists employees with accessibility needs.  

78% Of business travellers would like to see personalised search results based on previous purchases and travel loyalty status (78%). 

Moreover, 70% are interested in integrated access to risk intelligence information. This includes COVID-19 infections and crime statistics in the local area. 

This shows just how ready business travellers are for new booking-related innovations that can make the business travel experience more seamless. 

Challenges and Opportunities in Business Travel

85% Of business travellers stated that they need to travel to accomplish their business goals. 

More than 75% expect to make more business trips in 2023 than they did in the previous years.  

84% Of senior Global Corporate Finance Professionals are confident that travel spending would increase in 2023. 

Over 30% of Airbnb for Work bookings include at least one weekend night, which shows that leisure is still common.  

Overall, the biggest challenges to faster recovery in global business travel include: 

• Inflation 
• High energy prices
• And labour shortages 

The economic slowdown in China and rising sustainability problems are also two major factors in the slow recovery of business travel globally.

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September is International Month for the Deaf and to raise awareness around the challenges and solutions for the deaf, we did a case study with Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands whose workforce comprises of 30% hearing impaired personnel.

Based on an estimate from the World Federation of the Deaf (www.wfd.org)), about 70 million Deaf people are living In Africa and approximately about 80% of the South African population do not know sign language. This makes it paramount to have organisations such as DEAF SA to assist with educating and destigmatising any society’s perceived limitations for the deaf. That is exactly how the partnership between Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands and Deaf SA came about

According to Deaf SA Western Cape, the strategy with the partnership is not only to uplift and empower the deaf but to get more organisations in various sectors and industries to employ the hearing-impaired.

This is a remarkably empowering initiative and if different companies across the continent could follow the same pattern there would be no stigma associated with the deaf, subsequently this would also motivate the rest of the staff to learn sign language to be able to communicate effectively within the company.

As we continue to raise awareness, we are also particularly proud of the effort that both Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands and Deaf SA have undertaken, and we are eager to see more possible partnerships and collaborations from other organisations soon.

As we approach the end of the International Month for the Deaf, take it upon yourself to learn sign language, read about it and continue to raise awareness from wherever you are

Should you wish to collaborate with DEAF SA or perhaps wish to learn more about their services, feel free to contact them on the details listed on their website (www.deafsa.co.za)

Services of DEAF SA include:

• Deaf awareness and outreach programmes.
• Early Intervention Programme:  Psycho-social support services to Deaf individual and their family including group therapy and life skills workshops.
• Facilitate job placement programmes for Deaf individuals.
• Advocacy and language support (interpretation of policies and procedures for deaf people in courts)

With our business case above, it demonstrates that businesses within the hospitality space function well, and even prosper, when giving the community that it surrounds hope and prosperity to function in the world of work.  Disability is referenced in various parts of the SDGs and specifically in parts related to education, growth and employment, inequality, accessibility of human settlements, as well as data collection and monitoring of the SDGs, for instance: 

Goal 4 on inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of life-long learning opportunities for all focuses on eliminating gender disparities in education and ensuring equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities. In addition, the proposal calls for building and upgrading education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and also provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all. 

In Goal 8: to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, the international community aims to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. 

Closely linked is Goal 10, which strives to reduce inequality within and among countries by empowering and promoting the social, economic and political inclusion of all, including persons with disabilities. 

Goal 11 would work to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe and sustainable. To realise this goal, Member States are called upon to provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, such as persons with disabilities. In addition, the proposal calls for providing universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, particularly for persons with disabilities. 

Goal 17 stresses that in order to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development, the collection of data and monitoring and accountability of the SDGs are crucial. Member States are called upon to enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS), which would significantly increase the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data that is also disaggregated by disability. 

When incorporating talent practices within our businesses that both serve the Sustainable Development Goals and the community we are able to impact the SDG’s in a favourable fashion and our world we live in. 

Credit: Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands and Deaf SA Western Cape 

Join us in our purpose to create more sustainable extended stay accommodation in Africa & feel free to share your initiatives
with us.

Email us at info@myresidence.africa

We would love to hear from other properties on what you are doing so we can write and share your journey and help encourage others to become more and more sustainable.

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Curious to know what sets myresidence.africa apart from the rest?

 Myresidence.Africa prides itself as the sole independent provider of comprehensively vetted, extended stay, executive accommodation. All our properties are stringently vetted ensuring our client’s safety and comfort.

At myresidence we totally understand the inconvenience and frustration associated with being misled which could be as a result of booking online, trusting that the visuals on the property website are what you will receive upon check in. We basically eliminate the surprise element by ensuring that you as our client receive the best service and most importantly, value for money

Our systematic vetting process is detailed, thorough and applies to all our properties. Most companies do not seek to go this route, often misleading potential clients. This differentiates us from the rest as there is no other company across Africa that goes through these lengths to ensure that clients expectations are met, if not exceeded.

During the vetting process we inspect the property’s design, structures, amenities, and condition, measuring its proximity to its advertised description. It is not simply verifying an apartment or an area online or via phone calls, it is a detailed thorough process which is steered with the assistance of our trusted on the ground agents across the continent of Africa

Having our on the ground agents conducting the vetting assessments is a huge plus as well as our unique selling point. Many companies that offer executive accommodation are normally not even based in Africa nor the cities where they are offering the service and basically rely on images which are often misleading

Below are the steps we follow in order to refer to a property as fully vetted:

• The Initial Search: This is reviewing the property online and establishing communication with the property owner.
• Paperwork: We dispatch comprehensive paperwork for completion.
• Physical vetting by our local field agents: The agent receives our mandate, a form to complete and several instructions on the execution of the vetting. They attend the property, meet the staff, assess all areas of the premises, test Wi-Fi, assess the staff on their problem-solving skills, language skills, knowledge of the industry etc.
• Property Partner: If they have passed the above-mentioned phases, they become a fully verified property partner of ours and receive the appropriate stamp of approval.

All these steps are taken to ensure that we remain the best service provider for executive temporary accommodation in and across the African continent

Please connect with us to learn more about our service.
Email us at info@myresidence.africa

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Case Study 2 – BEYOND is Sustainability in Practice

Key to MyResidence.Africa’s sustainable initiatives of sharing Global Sustainable best practices within the extended stay industry sector, we had the pleasure of chatting to James Fry, Owner & Founder of BEYOND Aparthotels based in the United Kingdom. James has a tangible passion for sustainable business and has made sure, that he has gone  above and beyond to address their extended stay needs without leaving a mark for the future. BEYOND are setting a new precedent for sustainable business travel. They are the first & best of London’s fully sustainable extended stay self-serviced apartments.

In our interview James clearly noted, and I quote “We have stayed away from accreditation simply because I don’t believe it works.” He went on to say “Sustainability is part of our DNA, part of the culture of the business, it leads us into every decision we make.” He mentioned that in the future when people announce that they are going to build a green hotel, that his wish for a reply would be ‘Oh, are you going to be like BEYOND?”.

He confirmed that the majority of clients are still booking for location but are however quickly converted when the depth of sustainability initiatives are so evident, not to mention their response to the various health benefits derived by the VOC paint and filtered air, to name but a few. James has a passionate and refreshing view on sustainability, one that has inspired us and we aim to share this with our property partners in supporting them make visible strides in improving their sustainable development practices.

As James’ business is UK based we understand that he has been focusing on more of the green initiatives but we do feel that both green & social initiatives could be successfully introduced in Africa.

Some examples we feel our property partners could implement, are:

• Learning
  Educate your staff on sustainable development, exposing them to both green and social developments within the extended stay industry.

• No single-use plastic
  Refill cosmetic & cleaning products into their original containers by buying product in bulk. This will help eliminate single-use plastic.

• Recycle
  Separate the refuse and recycle glass, paper and plastic products that you are not able to re-use.

• No chemicals
  Use chemical free cleaning products. You’d be surprised at the number of suppliers in your area if you just Google ‘chemical free cleaning products’!

• Energy efficient
  Invest in low energy LED lightbulbs and low energy appliances, where possible.

• Go Green!
  Plant a vegetable or herb garden on your property.

Join us in our purpose to create more sustainable extended stay accommodation in Africa & feel free to share your initiatives with us.

Email us at info@myresidence.africa

We would love to hear from other properties on what you are doing so we can write and share your journey and help encourage others to become more and more sustainable.

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Case 1 – Hotel Verde

Sustainable Development is a large and looming topic that is gripping the Temporary Housing sector and as our Director René Stegmann has grown to realise, the topic also sets in a sense of paralysis which is not helping drive the topic and action towards authentic sustainable impact.

René is a shareholder of MyResidence.Africa, an agent with a supply chain of over 400 properties and 11 000 rooms on the continent of Africa. We believe in positive change and have taken certain steps to enforce our vision. MyResidence.Africa has a low impact on carbon emissions which is the most urgent aspect of sustainable development to tackle but this does not stop their actions to aim for a “climate positive” impact. In our own office building, we have a rain tank, solar panels, an edible vegetable garden and low energy motion-triggered lighting.  MyResidence knows that carbon reduction is only one element of the 17 sustainable development goals so their work in ernest towards the other 16 goals, continues. For this case we need to focus on how MyResidence can educate their large supply chain to join them in the journey of reduced carbon emissions (which essentially is tackling the Scope 3 emissions for more technical terminology).

The MyResidence team thought it best to demonstrate some of this through an interesting case study. Hoping to incentivise their property partners to consider elements that are easier to implement and less capital intensive.

We went to visit ‘Africa’s Greenest Hotel’, The Hotel Verde, based at the Cape Town International Airport, which has won multiple sustainability awards and retaining the title of design has sustainability at its core. Not only is the building sustainable, but green principles, processes and measures ensure all operations are eco-friendly and continually assessed for improvement. The hotel has a LEED certification for both their building and the operations, there are various globally recognised certifications for the hospitality sector and LEED is globally recognised standard, there are others such as the Green Star which is awarded by the Green Building Council of South Africa.

This hotel is unique structurally and in their business processes. They have actively been involved in “hearty” projects where they have shone the light on the social elements of sustainable development.

Hotel Verde was the first hotel in Africa to offer 100% offset carbon-neutral accommodation and conferencing. The foresight of the developer is clear as the hotel is built around a reed bed which boasts a magical, natural filtration feature, which is unique for a relatively industrial area.

What we want to reveal with this case is that there are a broad range of issues from a sustainable perspective and each of them important. We wish to motivate businesses and our property partners to prioritise the areas to focus on and develop. Each small step forward will create impact.

Here’s a brief overview of our sustainable features at the hotel and we are going to categorise them into Capital intensive features, Capital features, and less capital intensive.

Energy Efficiency

• LED low-watt lighting
• Sophisticated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system to reduce energy consumption
• Renewable energy generation
• The boreholes in the hotel are used to pump water down below the earth’s surface in order to cool it and make for effective air-conditioning in the rooms.

Sustainable Design

• During design and construction, the project has followed the criteria of the Green Building Council of South Africa and is pursuing 5-star certification
• Regenerative drive elevators
• Responsibly sourced, recycled and eco-friendly furniture and products used where feasible

Water Efficiency

• Grey water recycling systems installed using a natural filtration system
• Natural swimming pool using aquatic plants to keep it clear
• Recycling greywater from showers for use in toilet cisterns

Waste

All waste sorted on site and, where possible, recycled

Green Conferencing

• Venues have separate bins for items that can be recycled
• Eco-friendly stationery, recycled paper, carbon-neutral printer
• Energy-efficient air-conditioning, lighting and technology
• Double glazing on all windows

Sustainable Operations

• Sustainable procurement – conscious purchasing decisions
• Recycling and waste management
• Vegetable Garden
• Hydroponic Garden for herbs used by the kitchen
• Bee farms
• Outdoor gym
• Art project – all art in the hotel is from students Grade 11/12 who were paid for their art as well as having their tertiary education paid for! Incredible.
• There is a wall inside the hotel which is a vertical garden and this assists with producing oxygen for the interior of the hotel
• The carbon dioxide air filters installed in the garage/basement of the hotel are there to reduce the carbon dioxide in the basement

Walking through the hotel I noticed other small initiatives that are truly reflective of a property who “walks the talk”.  They had a suitcase at the area of check out which had a note stating that if you wanted to leave items behind you could instead of carrying extra weight in your luggage.

The AVANTI Program- this is a program that Hotel Verde run internally on a monthly basis where they meet with staff members and they come up with initiatives/activities  that they can put in place to be more Green and sustainable and through that initiative they have seen staff creating sustainable methods and Implementing them such as switching off our lights and non-essential device as we leave our offices and using digital signatures as much as possible to decrease our paper usage and if they have to print they only use black and white and the econo mode.

The hotel also encourage their staff to utilize stairs as much as possible, and lifts are only to be used when carrying large loads such as Housekeeping Skips, and Guest room service trolleys or other operational equipment however Housekeeping is an exception to the rule.  This creates a sense of wellness and truly living the sustainable brand.

They also reward the guests through an in-house currency (Verdinos), where guests are rewarded for being involved in the hotels sustainable journey by making green choices, such as:

• Using the stairs instead of the lift
• Correctly sorting waste in rooms
• Reusing towels
• Not using additional pillows
• Using the power-generating equipment in the gym
• Taking a walk or jogging around the wetland

Ways to spend Verdinos:

• Off-set your accommodation cost
• Reduce your bill at the Nuovo Restaurant

We realise that sustainable development in this sector of Temporary Accommodation has both a long way to go and a lot of both investment to convert to becoming fully sustainable.  Our role is to share these sorts of cases on how some properties have managed to take the giant leaps of sustainable development to ensure they thrive as a business and to ensure their communities thrive too.

We would love to hear from other properties on what you are doing so we can write and share your journey and help encourage others to become more and more sustainable.

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At MyResidence.Africa we warmly embrace industry conferences for a number of reasons. 

We see them as an opportunity to discover new ideas & practices, which help us grow our business to ever-changing client needs. 

While you can connect with almost anyone through social media, there’s no substitute for meeting someone in-person. Good business conferences provide opportunities for you to meet new friends, develop new business relationships and deepen existing ones.  

The digital world has put a wealth of knowledge at our fingertips. But there’s a huge amount of information that we simply cannot access by searching Google. It’s all about having those “a-ha” moments. 

Growing personally and professionally is one of the greatest investments you can make. When you do this, you’re saying that both you and your business are worth the investment. We view every conference as a major investment in our business. 

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Matthew studied a BSc in property at the University of Cape Town and continued to do a postgraduate honours in Property.

Matthew is our operations assistant and is responsible for growing our property portfolio on the continent of Africa which is currently over 11,000 rooms.  He will also be refining our guest liaison role, ensuring that our guests receive the requisite attention.

Matthew is passionate about sustainability as he feels it is critical for the younger generation to focus on reducing our carbon footprint. He is passionate about the environment and will help push the social agenda. He aligns directly with myresidence’s core values, being Dynamic Reliability, Caring Efficiently & that It’s got to be good for Africa.

Matthew enjoys the outdoors and in his free time enjoys photography and surfing.

We welcome Matthew to our growing team.

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Expatriate executives and assignees who are not familiar with working in Africa find the prospect of an assignment in Africa daunting. Equally employers feel an obligation to offer accommodation that is comfortable, safe and convenient for their staff members who are spending time away from home.

Using the decades of experience within the group and our network of agents in over 50 cities in more than 32 African countries MyResidence has built what is unquestionably the biggest portfolio of independently vetted executive quality temporary accommodation offerings on the continent.

Our proprietary in-house systems, built using industry experience and refined over the years, provides us with the ability to offer detailed quotes, with up-to-date images of the accommodation offered, very efficiently.

Our portfolio has been built over the three years of our existence through the hard work of our team and the refinement of our two-tiered vetting processes. We are proud to offer more than 10,000 temporary accommodation opportunities in more than 400 properties across 52 cities in Africa. More than that we offer a professional, efficient and personalised service which aims to eliminate any uncertainty about the most important part of an employee’s experience of the city they need to be in for their work assignment.

In addition to sourcing accommodation to meet the needs of assignees MyResidence provides a range of additional services, including meet and greet, fridge filling, welcome baskets, concierge services and property search services for accommodation requirements which are not already on our database and to accommodate large groups and special request such as medical stays, pets, etc.

Contact us through our website: www.myresidence.africa or requests@myresidence.africa to assist you find the right solution for your business travellers or for other enquiries contact Adam Kane-Smith adam@myresidence.africa.

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At MyResidence, we have noticed several shifts in our client’s needs under the global pandemic. With uncertainty controlling the world at the moment, clients have prioritised slightly different factors when choosing temporary accommodation.

Flexibility is a crucial element to our clients; they are looking for accommodation that will allow for an extension or cancellation if need be. Previously there was a strict set of guidelines that laid out cancellation terms, these now need to be more accommodating.

Clients are looking for more comfortable apartments that offer space for them to live and work. As a large portion of work across the world takes place online, clients are looking for accommodation with ‘work from home’ facilities.

We have noticed a change in demand for the size of teams that are being travelled overseas. Previously large teams were travelling overseas and looking for a number of rooms in a specific area. We have observed that now teams are largely consolidated and more situated to where each of them needs to be. There is still a drive towards the major cities in the African countries and clients are now more particular on the area of city they would like to stay in.

Clients are looking for more long-term accommodation for the most part, wanting somewhere that is going to provide them with benefits of short term living on a long term scale.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a guidance document on introducing a digital Covid-19 vaccination certificate – known as a Digital Documentation of Covid-19 Certificates: Vaccination Status (DDCC:VS).

What is a vaccination passport?

A vaccine passport is a document that serves as proof that you have been vaccinated or protected against certain infections. This document can be presented in digital formatting like a phone app or it can be physical, such as a small paper card. Individuals can carry their vaccination passport and show it if required when attending large events, travelling to other countries or entering public places.

The COVID-19 vaccine passport system is a way for the government, businesses and companies to help reopen society.

Countries that are using vaccine passports

China: China introduced a digital vaccine passport to be accessed via an app that would allow people to verify their vaccination status by scanning a QR code. This QR code system categorised individuals into different colours. A green colour allows people to move around without restrictions while someone with a yellow code may be asked to stay at home for seven days.

European Union: An EU vaccine passport is being introduced across all 27 member nations including Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. EU citizens and non-EU nationals living in EU states of these nations can download it or obtain a paper copy – at no cost.

Israel: Israel’s vaccine passport helped increase the uptake of the vaccine, especially amongst younger people. The green pass system allows individuals to attend large events or enter certain public spaces.

Australia: Vaccinated Australians have a digital certificate on their mobiles. The Guardian reports on the Australian vaccine, “The ‘highly authenticated’ digital record will enable international travel and be used by third parties, such as airlines and other countries’ customs officials”

Click here to see a comprehensive list of which countries have introduced vaccine passports: https://www.movehub.com/blog/countries-using-covid-passports/

There are more than a handful of African countries that have welcomed the idea of vaccination passports/ digital certificates including Zambia, Uganda, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Mali, South Africa, Guinea, Gambia, Gabon, Egypt, Burkina Faso and Djibouti.

Industries like the tourism industry are itching to get their borders open and open up the economy for their countries. Vaccine passports help increase vaccine uptake until nations reach herd immunity, which requires over 70 percent of fully vaccinated individuals.

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