A conference fills hotels for three days. The harder trick is bringing the same visitor back on holiday.
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Lifestyle
The Town Visitors Walk Through: Housing, Katutura and Namibia’s Real Face
The brochures sell dunes and coast. A growing share of visitors experience the township the housing story is about.
Flamingos and Freighters: How Walvis Bay Shares One Harbour With Its Leisure Coast
The town has no separate cruise terminal. The ship that carries sightseers docks where the container giants do.
Salons, Studios and Small Lodges: The Leisure Economy Inside a Youth Fund
Behind the fund’s talk of manufacturing and agriculture sits a quieter bet on hair, music, food and hospitality.
Roads to the Dunes: Why Vetting Civil Contractors Shapes Namibia’s Tourism Access
Namibia sells the open road. The contractors who build and grade it now have to clear a vetting screen first.
The Capital’s Commercial Bet: Windhoek Building for the Business Traveller
Homes stalled, but commercial building held. In a capital, much of that is the visitor and business-travel economy putting up walls.
River and Wildlife: How Zambezi’s Conservancy Economy Could Employ Its Youth
In the Zambezi region the leisure economy is not decoration. Wildlife, rivers and the conservancy are a working second livelihood.
The Tourist’s Road: What Namibia’s AfDB Transport Money Means for Travel
Roads and ports built for freight also carry the traveller, and that is the quiet tourism dividend.
Mbada Car Hire: Zimbabwe’s Leopard of the Road
Zimbabwe's vehicle rental market continues to evolve, quietly adapting to the needs of a diverse and mobile population. From shifting internal tourism patterns to the growing fluidity of business travel, demand for professional, reliable, and versatile car hire...