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Challenges and Opportunities for the tourism business growth within SADC region

Challenges and Opportunities for the tourism business growth within SADC region. Overview In general there are five key factors/environments that provide a platform for Tourism - E cological - E conomical - S ocial - Political - T echnological Challenges and Opportunities

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Challenges and Opportunities for the tourism business growth within SADC region

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  1. Challenges and Opportunities for the tourism business growth within SADC region

  2. Overview • In general there are five key factors/environments that provide a platform for Tourism - Ecological - Economical - Social - Political - Technological Challenges and Opportunities • No uniformity in product offering and service standards • Regional Airfares – scarce and pricing not competitive (51% of international arrivals is by air )

  3. No uniformity in hotel grading • Communication: roads, airline, rail, internet, etc • Back up support to some countries to keep products to international standard • Technology remains a main challenge – payment with credit cards and debit, integrated internet banking, I pads etc • Multiple currency in the region – need for a common monetary system (Pula only Botswana) • Security issues in some areas still not safe to drive • Bottlenecks at border posts

  4. Human resource – scarce skills • Visa formalities, • Work permits issues • residency requirements • Factors affecting Commercial presence • Restriction on capital movement • Restriction on real estate acquisition • Restriction related to directors • Requirement to localize an amount of shares and also control dispersing of dividends to foreign countries • Un predicated change of regulations and laws governing the sector

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