Livingstone: Vic Falls Visits Rise

 The Victoria Falls has registered a 16,000 rise in visitations in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year.

The falls in Zambia’s tourist capital Livingstone, has registered over 90,000 visitors in the first half of this year compared to 74,000 visitations the same period last year.

This translates into a 26. 4 percent increase in visitations.

And the Railway Museum has recorded an 11,000 increase in visitations compared to the same period last year.

The museum has this year seen 71-thousand visitations compared to 60,000 last year translating into a 17.2 percent increase in visitations in the half of this year, compared to the same period last year.

National Heritage Conservation Commission -NHCC- Acting Director, South West Region, RICHARD MBEWE, has attributed the increase to the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions.

Mr. MBEWE says the inclusion of Angola and Namibia to the KAZA UNIVISA has also contributed to the increase of visitors.

He adds that the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions -MICE- industry has equally contributed to the numbers.

Source: Vic Falls Visits Spike (07/08/22)