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Tourism Tourism

NETWORKING Memory Phiri is a Travel and recreation con-

sultant who has vast experience in the tourism

A WORTHY CAUSE FOR REGIONAL TOURISM industry. She also is a free-lance writer in addi-
tion to being a sustainable activist. You can get
By Memory Phiri, Zimbabwe. in touch with her on
phirimemory491@gmail.com.

egional tourism solely over others. in a bid to reduce poaching, which
focusing on the south- is a major setback especially when
ern region of Africa TFCAs talking about the importance of
Rhas impacted tourism Trans Frontier Conservation Areas ivory. Apart from promoting tour-
as a whole. Each and every region are components or areas of a large ism, these parks uphold peace, thus
be it South, North, East or West ecological region that straddles the they are even called “peace parks.”
Africa has its own advantage when boundaries of two or more coun- While Botswana and Namibia have
it comes to tourism operations. tries encompassing one or multiple the Okavango TFCA; Zimbabwe,
Tourism has reached a stage where protected resource areas. TFCA’s are Mozambique and South Africa have
it is managing to bring about peace all about preserving our precious the Great Limpopo Trans Frontier
and unity among countries as most biodiversity, that is, the management Conservation Park, which enables
regions have relaxed travel restric- of plants and animals, so as to do the movement of wildlife from one
tions in the form of using Visas. away with extinction. This is one of country to another without restraint.
RETOSA and UNWTO are good the TFCAs goals as tourists want Literally speaking, the cycle of mi-
examples of recognized statutes to see these species for generations. gration is now a well-known aspect
that were established as a result of As protected areas TFCAs promote in the Serengeti, as wildlife migrate
regional tourism. Thus, dear readers regional tourism thus countries from one place to another in search
it is always wise to know more about come together and sign treaties that of water sources and greener pas-
your region especially its advantages are in favor of the tourism resources tures. For example buffalos are well

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