Tourism to generate P5.9bn in 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
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.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....