The theme of this issue is “The High 5s – Tourism as a Pathway to Industrialization, Integration, Quality of Life, Agriculture, and Powering Up Africa”. The wide range of topics examined in this issue include subjects such as hotel pipeline developments and investments, balancing wildlife and urbanization, intra-Africa travel potentials with the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), attracting business and city tourism, creating innovative media strategies for African destinations, technology’s role in inclusive tourism growth, and much more.