Business tourists dominate visits to Botswana

Air travel accounted for 7.4% of all arrivals
Air travel accounted for 7.4% of all arrivals

Business tourists dominated arrivals in Botswana during the first quarter of 2016 with 93,107 travellers entering the country, Statistics Botswana (SB) has said.

The figure represented 32.2% of overall arrivals of 484,717 for the quarter.

According to the statistical agency, travellers who came for purposes of visiting friends and relatives were 80,362, accounting for 27.8%.

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Oh what a State funeral!

That rare sight deserves heartfelt praise, not only for President Duma Boko and his administration, but also for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the Mogae family, and the entire country.President Boko’s decision to grant a full state funeral to a man who belonged to a rival party was a mark of true statesmanship. He recognised that national leadership carries a weight that belongs to the whole...

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