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Mogadishu has tried increasing tourism for years but no one wants to visit.
It could be because you would immediately get robbed, raped and killed as a tourist there, but what would I know.
It's not just tourists that need to worry about that stuff. I have friends with Somali heritage and they don't want to go there either, even with having family there.
I think I'm going to need a source for that...
On top of that, there's little tourism infrastructure in Mogadishu so I doubt that. There's basically Omar and Ali's Visit Mogadishu outfit and his guest house, and that's really about it.
https://www.travelsafe-abroad.com/somalia/
Pretty easy to find really...
https://apnews.com/article/somalia-syl-hotel-attack-alshabab-7a9bdd2dd1da050e942819afe2ba4b4a
Hotel siege March 2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65861346
6 killed at a hotel siege June 2023
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/somalia-hotel-attack-al-shabab-12-dead-mogadishu-hayat-hotel-rcna44051
20 killed Hyatt August 2023
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61196325
6 killed seaside restaurant 2022
None of these sources point to tourism promotion in Mogadishu.