CHIRUNDU border post is the dominant port of entry in Zambia accounting for 16.9 percent arrivals followed by Lusaka International Airport which accounts for 16.8 percent while Kasumbalesa’s arrivals stand at 11.2 percent.
This is contained in the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources brief analysis for 2008.
Other entry border points are Nakonde (12.8 percent), Victoria Falls (12.4 percent), Kazungula (8.6 percent), Livingstone International Airport (8.1 percent), Katimamulilo (4.1 percent), Ndola International Airport (3.9 percent), Kariba North (3.8 percent), and Mwami (2.0 percent).
Mfuwe Airport is the least busy port of entry accounting for a marginal 0.1 percent of the total arrivals.
The report further states that the majority of arrivals prefer lodges (25.6 percent) while guesthouses, hotels, other, and friends account for 23.6 percent, 18.6 percent, 18.1 percent and 11.7 percent respectively.
The campsites are the least used mode of accommodation with statistics standing at 2.3 percent.
The tourism sector, however, recorded a decrease in arrivals with the number standing at 811,775 in 2008 compared with 897,413 in 2007.
The report states that an analysis of the 2008 data indicates a total of 472,224 arrivals being males while 339,551 were females.
It also states that business was the dominant purpose of the visits accounting for 34.4 percent.
However, this represents an 8.0 percent decrease in business-oriented tourists compared to 2007 figures.
Holiday was second reason for entry accounting for 22.7 percent. Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) accounted for 16.4 percent of the total arrivals.
Conferences and study accounted for 7.4 percent and 2.2 percent respectively.
Visits from other African countries contributed 74.7 percent to the total arrivals while the second largest contributor were arrivals from Europe who contributed 13.4 percent.
The Americans contributed 5.8 percent of the total arrivals while tourists from Australia contributed a marginal 2.2 percent with Asia contributing 3.8 percent arrivals
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Nice report so the year 2008 the country experienced decreased tourist in follow. however what the report is missing is how much RB and his entourage contributes to other countries that he frequently travel.
Good report. This is the kind of data that we need in the tourism sector in order to make informed decisions on what the next step is and which areas need the most investment as well as where the best places to market are.
Good report. I guess the decrease in the figures could be attributed to the economic woes the world faced in 2008-09. This is so much better than the political reporting that so dominates our papers.
Nice infrastacture @ the border post. bravo govt
Brillient!!! Now we can move forward from this info and see where we need to do what and so on=d>
meant to write “with this info”
“the report is missing is how much RB and his entourage contributes to other countries that he frequently travel” =d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>
#7 Wanzelu thank you so much
Some portions of the road to Chirundu are horrible. Driving there in the night is a nightmare. If the road was worked on Chirundu would do even better.
Some portions of the road to Chirundu are horrible. Driving there in the night is a nightmare. If the road was worked on Chirundu would do even better.
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