A difficult road to recovery for the tourism sector
THE COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the tourism sector in Namibia but stakeholders are working extremely hard to put the industry back on the road to recovery.
Gitta Paetzold, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospitality Association of Namibia, said they will see that entering 2021 with renewed vigour and hope for a tourism revival that will see Namibia become the “destination of choice” for world travellers wishing to escape the confines of lockdowns.
Paetzold noted that it is thus a great disappointment for the hospitality sector and HAN, to note, that authorities have decided to uphold the strict ban on alcohol sales on Sundays and Public Holidays, which includes all Christmas days and festivities and thus heavily impacts the business and income opportunities for this sector over the next 2 weeks.