Team Botswana upbeat ahead of Okavango vote

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The high-level team lobbying for the Okavango Delta’s listing as a World Heritage Site at the ongoing World Heritage Committee meeting in Doha, Qatar, is confident of securing a positive result when ballots are counted tomorrow, Mmegi has learnt.

If successful, the Delta will be Botswana’s second such Site after the Tsodilo Hills and will access statutory global funding for preservation as well as the attention and funds of both the national and the international community.

The successful listing will also boost tourism revenues, as operators will be able to use the new status to boost interest among tourists to Botswana and the Okavango Delta itself.

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