Sunday, October 18, 2009

Botswana’s travel is expected to achieve annualized real growth of 5 per cent, exceeding the world average at 4.3 per cent

SHOOT: Botswana is such a pristine wilderness. I hope tourist numbers don't increase too much, but then park fees are high. It can easily cost a family R500 a day, with feesand fuel on a 10 day trip reaching R9000 - R10 000.

Botswana’s Travel & Tourism Industry is expected to generate US$1.620mn of economic activity according to the latest Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) report produced by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and commissioned by the Government of Botswana and the Botswana Tourism Board.

Over the next ten years Botswana’s travel is expected to achieve annualized real growth of 5 per cent, exceeding the world average at 4.3 per cent and the Sub-Saharan Africa at 4.5 per cent. According to the forecasts detailed in the report, Travel & Tourism already contributes over 19 per cent of total employment and some 16 per cent of non-mining GDP.

Although this growth is positive and the country is one of Africa’s most exciting travel destinations, it remains relatively unknown and is heavily dependent on intraregional tourists.
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