FAKO TOURISM BOARD OVERVIEW
Fako Tourism Board (FTB) is a tourism institution in charge of with the coordination, development, promotion and provision of quality tourism in Fako Division, South West Province, Cameroon. It was created in 1967as a tourism institution to enliven and valorise tourism both at local and national levels.
At the local level (Divisional and Sub-Divisional), FTB aimed at exposing the cultural heritage of the indigenous people through:
• Traditional (wrestling, swimming and canoe competitions) and modern (marathon and hiking) sport
• Traditional modelling (beauty contest),
• Traditional entertainment (dances and choral music),
• Traditional gastronomy (exhibition of traditional meals).
At the national level, it was envisaged to:
• Provide reception and information for tourists;
• Promote quality and sustainable tourism in the region;
• Coordinate tourism activities and encourage collaboration with actors (leisure, site, and hotel operators; travel and transport agencies) to meet the growing needs of tourists in the region.
• Develop and implement local strategies to provide a clear direction for successful and sustainable growth of tourism across the region
Introduction
This present profile of activity intervention highlights the operational silhouette of FTB. It spotlights the various tourism potentials vis-à-vis the forms of tourism, description of the region (Fako Division), partners, avenues of investments in the tourism business and further streamlines the activities achieved in the previous year for the proper planning to ensure success and excellence in service with limited support both technical and financial from its collaborators and partners.
The strength of tourism in Fako Division:
Fako is a beautiful Division of the South West Province, endowed with natural resources. It is known nation-wide for its booming agro-industrial economy and tourist attraction that has for many decades contributed significantly to the socio-economic growth of the province.
Alongside its industries and extensive green plantations of scenic landscape, other major attractions in Fako are the vast tourist resources (beaches and forests, historic relics etc) that are tightly knotted in the presence of the magnificent volcanic “Mount Cameroon” (4100m). Lengthy coastline and black sand beaches are continuously washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean below the blue sky in autumn and spring.
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Tourism potentials in Fako Division:
The Alfred Saker Monument; erected in Limbe in 1958 to mark the Centenary of the landing of the English British Missionary, Alfred Saker (1814-1880) and the founding of the city Victoria, now called Limbe. Saker fought slavery and brought Christianity to the South West of Cameroon. This monument still stands today to remember his achievements.
The St. Engelbert’s Catholic Cathedral, Bonjongo:
St. Engelbert Catholic Mission is one of the oldest Catholic Cathedrals in Cameroon. It was erected in 1892 in typical German colonial architecture, after the Mariembeurg in Sanaga Maritime. The church presently serves as a pilgrimage centre for Catholics. From its location, visitors can clearly view the Atlantic Ocean and various Islands, the City of Limbe, the creeks of Tiko, the Wouri River in Douala and the Bimbia rainforest.
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