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The long wait for the KAZA single visa

Fighting on: Rakorong says a single visa for KAZA will boost travel into and around the region
Fighting on: Rakorong says a single visa for KAZA will boost travel into and around the region

On the sidelines of the inaugural KAZA Heads of State Summit at Avani Hotel in Zambia, Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) CEO, Lilly Rakorong, discusses the region’s adoption of a UniVisa with Mmegi Staffer, RYDER GABATHUSE

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA: Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) CEO, Lily Rakorong, this week amplified the voice of the private sector in its endorsement of the UniVisa, as a tool that they strongly feel will revolutionise the way of doing business in the region.That is notwithstanding, the dissenting voices on the timing of the implementation of UniVisa and the readiness of the region for such a development.

The private sector’s concerns are well documented that the current visa regimes are laborious “and we are saying, we are servicing one traveller and therefore, it’s important to harmonise our services as a collective”.

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