Nature's unique masterpiece. (Botswana's tourist industry)(Botswana: The Jewel In Africa's Crown)(Cover Story)

African Business | September 1, 1996| | Copyright

Botswana's incomparable wilderness is one of the very few natural wonders left in the world. The Government has eschewed mass tourism but pressure to expand the sector is growing. What are the implications?

It is impossible to envisage the scale of Botswana's vast landscape by looking at a map. You have to fly over the great natural reserves, the Okavango Delta and the Central Kalahari Desert, to begin to get some purchase on this most savagely beautiful land.

The Okavango Delta is one of nature's marvels. Its origins lie some 1,600km away, in the highlands of ...

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