‘Tourism needs structured financing to rehabilitate’

THE tourism sector needs structured financing to rehabilitate, re-tool and re-kit the infrastructure to enhance its competitiveness, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Walter Mzembi has said.

“This enhances our competitiveness in meeting international standards demand by our clientele,” Mzembi said at a seminar on tourism investment at the United Nations in New York on Monday.

He said there was need for partnerships in terms of sustainable tourism marketing and promotion, and investment in the tourism business.

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