Like you said, Africa can be and usually is very expensive (visas). However one can work with it to travel around and see some pretty cool stuff on a budget. I agree that people in that region don’t understand tourism. It seems like there is a “get whatever you can from the foreigner while you can” attitude instead of “lets make this foreigner very happy so he encourages more of his friend to come and spend money” attitude, especially in Central Africa. Hopefully they can figure it out as Central Africa has some truly amazing places (Dzangha Bai being the crown jewel in my opinion). Don’t judge the region, or Africa in general off of its cities. The charm is in the villages, jungle and countryside.