Hatab Decries Red Tape In Tourism Industry

HATAB Chairman Dr Thapelo Matsheka
HATAB Chairman Dr Thapelo Matsheka

KASANE: The government has been accused of doing little to support tourism, the country’s second largest income generator, with bureaucratic red tape identified as a major impediment.

The board chairperson of Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) Dr Thapelo Matsheka revealed this at the HATAB annual conference here on Wednesday.

According to Matsheka for the last 10 years, HATAB has been trying to lobby the government to address some impediments in the tourism sector but the latter has not been that responsive.

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