Posted by Botswana Safari News on March 04, 2019 | 1 comment
Botswana Guides Association is meeting the Minister of Environment
and Natural Resources, Conservation and
Tourism on Tuesday to discuss the issue of a moratorium
on mobile tourism licenses for new
applicants. goverment passed the moratorium citing congestin in the parks. However, recently the government
announced that they will lift the moratorium for NG 19 and 41. But BOGA has
stated that they want the moratorium to be lifted nationally, not just in NG 19/41. " Both NG 19 and 41 are
private concessions operated by Khwai and Mababe trusts respectively. Boga chairman, Kenson Kgaga said:"it's more costly to pay entrance fees into these concessions than into Moremi Game
Reserve or Chobe. we want the C-licence to cover all the areas, Chobe, Okavango, and Kgalagadi, Boteti; not to be selective. Doing that will be empowering Batswana who are the majority in the mobile
safari sector."
The other issue BOGA is
discussing with Mokaila relates to how firewood is collected in the protected
areas. BOGA want the ministry to allow
mobile safari operators freedom to gather firewood inside
the parks something the current policy disallows. BOGA states that it's more cumbersome for the operators to carry
firewood into the parks.
Good move BOGA
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