Carter Morupisi: An agent of abject failure

The Worldwide Rally Against Trophy Hunting (WRATH) engineered a watermelon of marchers to coincide with President Masisi’s May 31, 2019 address at the Jewellers Circular Keystone in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lifting of the hunting ban has seen celebrities Ellen DeGeneres, actress Kristin Davis and British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes wade into the boycott of tourism to Botswana unless the hunting ban is maintained.

According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) annual review, the travel and tourism sector in Botswana grew at 3.4%, just above the Sub-Saharan African average of 3.3% contributing US$ 2.5 billion to the economy. WTTC pegs the tourism contribution at 13.4% of all economic impact and supports 84, 000 jobs. Ninety six percent of the travel and tourism spending was generated by leisure visitors and just 4% from business travellers with 73% spending coming from international travellers and 27% from domestic travel.