Botswana Botswana is unique as a tourist destination. Its tourist ecology is more diverse than any other African country more than a third or the country is given over to the wildlife conservations and management yet much of the country is unspoilt, untouched and virtually unexplored.
No country has the range of Botswana 's tourist attractions – the magical water world of the Okavango , the wide-open spaces of the Kalahari Desert , the bleached saltpans of Makgadikgadi and the spectacular concentration of wildlife in the Chobe.
Botswana offers all Africa's big animals in abundance, the migrations of the wildebeest elephants, lions, giraffes, leopards and over 600 varieties of exotic birds. Botswana also has an important historical heritage of art. Some of the rock paintings by the ancestors of the San people are over a thousand years old, other were still being created in comparatively recent times.
Botswana enjoyed stable democratic government and a flourishing economy since independence. He wealth of the country based on its diamond riches has grown dramatically.
The standard of living of an average Botswana has multiplied Many times in recent years.
The Botswana people warmly encourage tourists and the government in promoting high quality tourism with the economic benefits that it brings.
The department of tourism in particular through Eco- tourist and educational training Division is endeavoring to promote sustainable utilization of tourist resources and to encourage the active participation of citizens in the tourism industry through hospitality, education and skills training. |
