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From The National…

Zimbabwe had officially registered 30,000 rooms to accommodate World Cup visitors, hoping to earn $200m. But the Zimbabwe Council for Tourism said the take-up was poor. Of Victoria Falls’s 2,800 rooms, only 500 rooms had been booked for the World Cup by last week. Read more

From The National…

In 2008, 223, 000 tourists visited the Zimbabwe, spending $29.1m Read more

From The National…

In 1999 about 1.4 million tourists visited the Zimbabwe and generated US$400 million (Dh1.5 billion) for the country. Arrivals dropped sharply thereafter as tourists feared for their security and widespread shortages of fuel, food and electricity Read more

From Darussalai…

Mzembi notes that Zimbabwe had 8 heritage sites, South Africa 12, Mozambique 1 and Botswana 2 and packaging them together would make it easier to market tourism attractions. Read more