Namibia: Tourism Industry Suffers Significantly for the First Time in 30 Years

The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta reassured the tourism industry that the ministry is doing its utmost best to revive the sector and to ensure that it recovers and emerges stronger after the shocks that have been caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking at the launch of 2019 tourism statistics report this week, Shifeta said successes nurtured by the tourism industry over the years since independence are now at risk of being reversed as unprecedented challenges brought by COVID-19 have ravaged the global tourism sector.

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