THE tourism ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet in Kasane, Botswana on Monday for their agm, and among others, are expected to sign a draft agreement on the establishment of a southern African tourism development zone. The Botswana Minister of Trade, Industry, Wildlife and Tourism, Pelonomi Venson - who will act as host to her ministerial counterparts - says other topics of discussion will be the importance of sustainable tourism development in the SADC region, the link between tourism development in the region and the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) and ways of increasing regional tourism traffic and investment. The ministers will also discuss the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (Retosa) strategic business plan. (Adéle Mackenzie)
SADC tourism development zone on the cards
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