Tourist spend hits P14.5bn mark

Tourists in the Chobe National Park PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Tourists in the Chobe National Park PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

International and domestic tourists spent a total of P14.5 billion in the country in 2016, or one and half times more than the amount in 2009, which was the last time a comprehensive survey was conducted.

The results are contained in the 2016 Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) launched in Gaborone earlier this morning.

The TSA, the third conducted in Botswana starting with a pilot in 2006, is a research project designed to accurately gauge the contribution of tourism to the national economy.

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