Virtual safari by Botswana's premier guides
Friday, September 18, 2020
Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists arrive in Botswana during the winter season for safari. But this year, the tourism peak season had no foreign tourists because the pandemic stopped the annual pilgrimages to this safari capital of the world.
Hundreds of workers in the tourism industry were suddenly left in the cold as tourism businesses closed shop due to loss of revenue as a result of the absence of the high paying foreign tourists. Amongst these workers were some of Botswana’s famous private guides who are usually booked by billionaires from around the world for their safari experience throughout Africa.
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