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City Tourism unveils Gaborone's rich history

The Ministry of Environment and Tourism launched the City Tourism, where a number of attendees got an opportunity to do the tour and appreciate the history behind a number of places.  PIC BW GONVERNMENT
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism launched the City Tourism, where a number of attendees got an opportunity to do the tour and appreciate the history behind a number of places. PIC BW GONVERNMENT

Gaborone, being the first city of Botswana that possesses a rich history, makes it a perfect destination for not only international tourists but also for locals to learn more about the country's deep roots.

Recently, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism launched the City Tourism, where a number of attendees got an opportunity to do the tour and appreciate the history behind a number of places. The tour guides who were trained by the Botswana Society for the Deaf were brilliant enough to get tourists for the day intrigued by Gaborone's rich history as the first city with many firsts. Apparently, the tour has been done since 2012.

The guide assigned for the media on the day, Kesego Seji, eloquently related the history of many buildings, even the ones that people tend to overlook daily. Just the National Museum on its own is one of the iconic and treasured places in the capital city, located just a stone's throw away from Gaborone Senior Secondary School, the first senior secondary school in the country. The other destination was Princess Marina Hospital (PMH), the very first government medical facility.

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