The Sunday Times (
December 03, 2006
A group of British tour operators is urging a boycott of a hotel group in
protest against the planned construction of a luxury resort complex at the
Victoria Falls World Heritage Site in
The South African-based Legacy Hotels Group, which owns five-star hotels,
safari lodges and bush camps in Africa’s most popular safari destinations, has
admitted that the vast 18-hole golf resort, comprising two hotels, 500 chalets
and a country club in an important elephant habitat on the banks of the
Zambezi, will cause “irreversible ecological damage” in the area.
Unesco has told the company that the development is “irresponsible” and has
promised a worldwide campaign to discourage tourists from visiting the area.
The British safari operators Expert Africa, Rainbow Tours, Dragoman, Okavango
Tours & Safaris, Aardvark Safaris and Wildlife Worldwide have pledged to
support the boycott, proposed by the ecotravel specialist Tribes.
The director of Tribes, Amanda Marks, said: “We think that a campaign to stop
this development should begin before construction gets under way and the prime
elephant habitat on the banks of the
Source: Golf resort hits rough (The Sunday Times, 03/12/06)
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