Tourism to generate P5.9bn in 2014

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Researchers at the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) expect Botswana’s travel and tourism activities to directly contribute P5.9 billion to the local economy this year, representing a 7.6 percent increase from their input last year.

The WTTC is the foremost research and statistics authority on tourism, conducting annual economic assessments on 184 countries around the world. The WTTC’s annual Economic Impact Reports analyse current and historic performance of travel and tourism sectors in the selected countries, while also providing projections for various indicators over a 10-year horizon.

For Botswana, the reports are critical, as local statistics bodies do not compute direct or indirect travel and tourism earnings, employment and/or economic impact in their research.

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