Angola has initated the development of a comprehensive Tourism Bibliographic Repository to digitize, preserve, and document the history of its tourism sector from 1975 to 2025.
Led by travel agency TAC Tour in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, the project aims to create a “living archive” that consolidates scattered institutional records, presidential decrees, and academic research to guide future sector growth and address gaps in institutional memory, preserving the country’s tourism heritage and supporting research and itinerary development.
Presented in Lubango, Huila province by project promoter Carlos Bumba, the initiative seeks to build a comprehensive archive of articles, essays, statistical yearbooks, and publications related to Angola’s tourism sector across various decades.
The project, now five years in development, already includes a digitised inventory of classified national innovable historical and cultural heritage sites, a geo - tourism profile of the country and a narrative of the slave trade
Since December 2025, work has been underway on a historiography of Angolan tourism, documenting the sector’s institutional evolution from 1975 to 2025, including the creation of tourist hubs, presidential decrees, and membership to international tourism organizations.
The repository is being developed in collaboration with the ministries odc Culture and Tourism, provincial governments, libraries, universities offering tourism courses, and Angolans in the diaspora to gather historical data.
The project is ongoing with no fixed completion date, reflecting its role as a living archive that will continue to evolve alongside the sector.
The project promoter Carlos Bumba, noted that initiative addresses a critical gap in institutional memory, as leadership changes have left the sector without a consolidated historical record.
The Association of Tourist Guides and Artistic Servants of Angola (AGTSA) participating in the project have acknowledged growth in accommodation, travel agencies, and tourism education, while calling on stakeholders to capitalise on Angola’s stability, freedom of movement, as well as diverse natural and cultural attractions to continue to write important pages iin the Angolam tourism sector.
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