TOURISM operators in Bulawayo recently hiked their rates by 200% to cash in on increased demand during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority said last week.
The increase in the rates came despite poor service delivery and deteriorating standards in lodges and hotels in the city. Karikoga Kaseke, ZTA chief executive officer, said last week that the recently held ZITF brought to the fore several revelations that the authority was concerned with, if the country was to become a successful conference and exhibition destination.
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