Business tourists dominate visits to Botswana

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%.

Editor's Comment
Exercise extra caution!

Unfortunately, petty thieves tend to be more vicious around this time as they also prepare for the festive season. Culturally, many Batswana go home for the holiday, and petty thieves are amongst those who go home. Burglaries, car break-ins, and attacks on unsuspecting pedestrians seem to be on the rise!That is not all, as scammers continue to take money from pensioners as well as other Batswana who may fall prey to their unscrupulous tactics....

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