UNWTO assembly could mark great leap forward for SADC tourism

The August 24-29 global tourism event will be co-hosted in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Town and Livingstone, Zambia's tourism capital and home to the magnificent Victoria Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world.

There is need for international marketing efforts in tourism derived from the shared natural resources such as game reserves in the Zambezi-Okavango river basin encompassing Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.Other shared tourism resources include the Mapungubwe, rock formations above granite shield, located in the south-eastern Botswana shared with South Africa and Zimbabwe.