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(TALKZIMBABWE) Harare-Kariba domestic airline introduced

Harare-Kariba domestic airline introduced
NNT/TZG
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:58:00 +0000

STAKEHOLDERS in the tourism sector say efforts to reposition Zimbabwe as the most favorable destination in the region and abroad are on course following the introduction of a new domestic airline Federal Air which is plying the Harare-Kariba route and the efforts on the ground to re-introduce plastic money.

The Zimbabwe Council of Tourism President Emmanuel Fundira said international paying systems that include plastic money are also on the cards.

“The new Harare - Kariba plane is a ten seater and is one of the favorable developments in the tourism sector.

"We hope a number of private companies will invest in the transport sector to enable tourists to visit all the favorable destinations,” said Fundira.

Another airline, VicFalls Airways was also recently launched and is expected to start operations before the end of the year.

The carrier will initially ply the Harare-Johannesburg route, among others, before flying to London.

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Chief Executive Karikoga Kaseke challenged players in the tourism sector to take advantage of the government’s duty rebate exemption programme to refurbish and re-equip their businesses to regional level standards.

“Zimbabwe’s tourism and hospitality sector has for a long time been facing a number of challenges among them lack of capital to re-equip and refurbish the sector resulting in standards going down to below acceptable levels,” noted Mr Kaseke.

Government recently introduced policies aimed at helping the sector refurbish and re-equip through the exemption of duty on equipment and vehicles imported into the country by the sector before 2010.

However, the worrying factor has been the sluggish response by the corporate sector to match their regional counterparts in terms of prices and other strategies such as the use of plastic money.

Labels: AIRLINES, HARARE

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