Ouagadougou, The South-Central region has been designated guest of honor region on the occasion of the special edition of the Ouagadougou International Tourism and Hospitality Exhibition and the International Showcase of Tourism, Hotels and Catering of Ouagadougou ( SITHO-VITHRO). Zoom in on these potentialities.

The South Central region is bordered to the north by the Central region, to the East by the East Central and Central Plateau regions, to the West by the West Central region and to the south by Ghana.

It is made up of three (03) provinces, Zoundwéogo, Nahouri, and Bazèga. It has 16 rural communes, 3 urban communes and 19 departments.

The region covers an area of 11,327 km², with a demographic of 788,341 inhabitants according to the general population and housing census (RGPH) of the national institute of statistics and demography (INSD) in 2019.

The Moose, the Gourounsi (Kassena, Nakana) constitute the ethnic groups of the region. The vast majority of indigenous people mainly practice agriculture and livestock breeding and the main watercourse is the Nakambé River.

According to the regional director of culture, arts and tourism of the Center-South region Didier Wandema Yaméogo, “tourism is a sector that strongly contributes to the development of our country in terms of promoting our natural and cultural heritage, economic benefits, job creation , infrastructure development and visibility.

According to him, SITHO VITHRO constitutes a lever for sustainable development of the country.

According to him, the South-Central region is full of more than twenty tourist attractions.

Namely the Pic du Nahouri with an altitude of 447 meters; the Wedbila demonstration farm, the Oualem elephant camp and the Nazinga game ranch (97,000 ha for big game hunting and 20,000 ha for the photo safari)

He also cited the traditional habitats on which we find murals of the Kassena and Nakana peoples; the royal palace of Tiébélé: fortresses built for defensive purposes during periods of war; The Nanyimi mosque built in 1850; Bender's hut, djendjéré, warba dances.

To this, we can add djénéga and djongo; the Nakana polyphonies sung by women with hand clapping, the festival of women painters in Tiébélé etc.

Moreover, the capital of the region, Manga and the two other provinces are home to modern hotel infrastructures such as the Le Zanali hotel present at this edition of SITHO offering quality services for the happiness of customers.

Source: Burkina Information Agency