Gaborone As a Tourist Destination
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The most recent advocate of this line of thought is Dr Thapelo Otlogetswe who, having toured the country during the holiday period, returned to base in Gaborone convinced, as many of us have been for so long, that, in terms of tourism, there could be so much more to this country than wildlife. Indeed so convinced was he that he listed features in and around Gaborone which, supposedly, have appeal. (Telegraph 13.1.16).
His is a familiar list – can it be otherwise? – which shows that Gaborone, curiously, is not only wildlife dependent but that it has been unwilling to be anything else.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...