Botswana Minister sees ‘huge potential’ to extend bilateral trade with UAE

Botswana is thought for its unique experiences, dramatic wildlife encounters, picturesque landscapes, and off-grid holidays

Botswana’s Minister for Atmosphere, Pure Useful resource Conservation, and Tourism, Philda Nani Kereng, has stated that she sees bilateral ties between the UAE and Botswana increasing within the mining, tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, and ICT sectors within the coming years.

“Up to now, the UAE and Botswana share sturdy diplomatic and bilateral relations, subsequently there’s a big potential to increase the scope of bilateral commerce and partnerships in numerous sectors as each nations intention to capitalise on the prevailing relations,” she advised Khaleej Occasions.

Botswana not too long ago introduced the ‘Botswana Tourism Month’ at its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, which guarantees to focus on the Southern African nation as a globally aggressive pressure in tourism with a wealthy pure useful resource base and funding potential. Philda Nani Kereng stated that the nation is thought for its diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver, textiles, beef, maize, sorghum, and millet merchandise.

The nation additionally provides a various and distinctive tourism product. “With sustainable tourism on the coronary heart of Botswana’s tourism sector, the nation has developed exemplary insurance policies with communities having the ability to play a big position within the well-managed sector,” Kereng stated. “Whereas hit arduous by the Covid-19 pandemic, Botswana’s journey business exhibits a resilience that may assist the nation bounce again for the higher.”

She famous that Botswana has additionally seen substantial progress in enterprise and funding alternatives, on account of its steady political surroundings, fast-growing developments, and welcoming individuals. Via Conferences, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) Tourism, the nation optimised and diversified its choices bringing collectively individuals from totally different walks of life. The nation’s dedication as a authorities is additional amplified within the ‘Nationwide RESET’ agenda which in abstract prioritises saving Botswana’s inhabitants from Covid-19, aligning Botswana authorities equipment to the presidential agenda, digitisation, worth chain improvement, and a mindset change, the composite of that are components in direction of constructing a sturdy and inclusive financial system.

Kereng additionally highlighted the significance of Botswana’s journey and tourism sectors, noting that the nation is a promising vacation spot for each enterprise and leisure, and which immediately boasts a few of the world’s most pristine safari experiences, lodges, and leisure services.

“Botswana is thought for its unique experiences, dramatic wildlife encounters, picturesque landscapes and off-grid holidays,” she stated. “The nation boasts two UNESCO World Heritage Websites – Tsodilo Hills with the rock artwork stuffed non secular websites, and the Okavango Delta which is the desert’s sudden wetland surprise.”

Botswana can be identified to host the world’s largest elephant inhabitants, which is a key attraction for a lot of wildlife journey vacationers.

“The nation’s high-value and low-volume tourism escapades are targeted on minimising the adverse environmental impacts.Along with its journey business, Botswana has indicated her readiness to host; via the event of the tourism business’s Covid-19 Normal Working Procedures to make sure traveller security. Due to this fact, it’s crucial for the nation and the tourism business to community, trade data, promote, and promote their product choices to the worldwide journey commerce business because it contributes considerably to the socio-economic improvement of Botswana,” Kereng stated.

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