PS urges use of heritage sites to achieve MDGs

Officially opening a four-day planning workshop on this theme here on Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Samuel Rathedi, said heritage sites were among unexplored opportunities of improving the livelihoods of communities, noting that such sites in Africa were situated in rural areas where they formed people’s belief systems.

Rathedi said there was need for pragmatic means to address poverty and contribute to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. He said conservation and preservation of cultural heritage through tourism depended on all sectors of the society.