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Victoria Falls is Zimbabwe’s tourism capital and the hub of leisure and travel in Southern Africa especially in the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area. The city is host to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and a heritage site across the Zambezi River, with vast wildlife species including the Big Five.<\/p>\n

Tourists visiting most Southern African countries usually visit Victoria Falls to experience the natural beauty of the destination. Speaking at the 3rd session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) ministerial meeting here, Minister Kwape who co-chairs the 3rd session of the BNC, said the city status is an important milestone for tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n

He commended the warm hospitality extended to him and his delegation in Victoria Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I want to congratulate Victoria Falls municipality for acquiring the prestigious city status in December 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The description by the State Minister was quite apt of Victoria Falls as it is indeed one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and heritages sites,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am convinced this status will enhance the city’s competitiveness on the tourism side. On the part of bungee jumping, I and honourable ministers accept the challenge,” said Minister Kwape drawing laughter from the delegates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Botswana Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation Lemogang Kwape has congratulated Victoria Falls for attaining city status saying this will promote tourism in the world destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":2123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,33],"tags":[7,14,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-2126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-featured","9":"category-travel","10":"tag-apie-project","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-travel"},"yoast_head":"\nZimbabwe: City Status to Drive Victoria Falls Tourism - Botswana Minister - APIE NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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