Zimbabwe: Ebola Costs Zimbabwe Tourism U.S$6 Million - ZTA

29 September 2014

ZIMBABWE has lost about US$6 million in potential tourism revenue in the past few months due to fears of the Ebola virus ravaging some countries in West Africa, an official said Monday.

Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive Karikoga Kaseke told Xinhua that the country's tourism sector was beginning to reel from effects of unwarranted fears of the virus by potential visitors who were cancelling or postponing visits to the country.

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