West Cameroon Regional Tourist Board

A regional tourist office to welcome you

The Office Régional de Tourisme de l’Ouest Cameroun (ORTOC), supported by the West Cameroon Regional Council, was created in August 2013 by a system of stakeholders comprising the Association des Maires de l’Ouest (CVUC-Ouest), the Assemblée des Chefs Traditionnels de l’Ouest (ACO) and tourism professionals from the West. ORTOC benefits from the technical and financial support of the Route des Chefferies (link to RDC website), a program designed to promote Cameroon’s cultural and natural heritage.

It has a number of missions:
– Welcoming and informing the public: 5 tourist information offices are currently being set up in all the region’s departments to welcome and inform visitors, whatever their point of entry into the region (Mbouda, Dschang, Foumban, Bafang, Bangangté).   

– promotion and communication of the region and its stakeholders (accommodation providers, craftsmen, etc.) through a website, a tourism catalog, flyers, participation in several national and international promotional events, press conferences, etc.…

– sustainable tourism planning and development, in conjunction with local authorities and traditional authorities: site development, signage, museum management monitoring, etc… 

– improving the quality and development of the region’s tourism offering, in consultation with the relevant players: accommodation providers, restaurateurs, craftsmen, tour operators, etc.…

Some of our achievements

– Production of two editions of the West Cameroon Region Tourism Catalogue

– Production of several leaflets promoting tourist walks around the chiefdoms (Batoufam, Foto, Baham, Bamougoum, Bamendjinda, Bangoua, Bamendjou).

– Animation of social network platforms dedicated to promoting tourism in the region (facebook; twitter, Instagram; linkedin…)   

– Participation and technical support for the organization of cultural events, trade shows and fairs such as PROMOTE, SIARC, SACO, Bangoulap Tour, solidarissimo in Colmar, France, Cameroonian cultural season 2022 in Paris festival: Lie La Tatomdjap in Baham; Lemou in Bafou; Ngou Ngoung in Baleng; Kouna in Dschang, nyang nyang in Bafoussam, Nekan in Bamougoum Taro in Bamendjinda, …

– Support for the development of the arts and crafts sector in the Western region, with a view to empowering arts and craftspeople through technical training in agri-food and pottery, and cross-disciplinary training in management/sales and marketing.