Youth Games boost hotel business
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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The hospitality industry is one of the major sectors benefiting from the games because of the 8,000 visitors who have come to the capital city for the duration of the event.
The 2,500 athletes are accommodated at the University of Botswana (UB) hostels while the rest are booked in hotels. At the end of the Games, the organising committee will have spent P80 million, on top of what the visitors are bringing in foreign currencies.
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