While I was sitting at the beautiful Wilderness Safari Lodge, I couldn’t help but compare Botswana and Zambia tourism. Zambia does not have the Okavango, but it has other beautiful areas, which are totally under-utilized. South and North Luangwa, Lower Zambezi, and the northern section of Kafue National Parks are doing okay. Operators in those areas will complain that it is tough, though. Most of the operators live and work in these areas because they love the lifestyle, though, not because they are making lots of money. On the other hand, Wilderness Safaris in Botswana is making money; it is making money so that it can expand and develop into more and more areas in Africa.
Janubiy viloyat atrofida osongina o'tish mumkin bo'lgan parklar va yovvoyi tabiat zonalari mavjud. Kafue shahrining janubiy qismi (bitta lojali bilan), Sioma Ngvezi (lojali va infratuzilmasi bo'lmagan), Lochinvar (lojesi yo'q va o'layotgan lechwe aholisi bo'lmagan), hukumat uchun daromad va odamlarni ish bilan ta'minlashi kerak. Nima uchun ular yo'q?
Xarajatlar juda yuqori va byurokratiya juda katta. Sioma Ngwezi bog'ining xaritasini ko'rib chiqayotganda, ZAWA parkni taxminan 5 qismga ajratib qo'ydi va investorlar kirib, katta mablag 'hisobiga parkni rivojlantirishlarini kutishdi. ZAWA investorga beparvolik bilan kelib, parkdagi tartibsizlikni tartibga solish uchun pul to'lashi kerak.
Dunyodagi eng boy qushlar zonalaridan biri bo'lgan Lochinvar hali ham xarobalardadir. Jahon banki kirib, unga yangi yo'llar berdi, ammo lager qarovsiz. Bir necha yil oldin bitta kompaniya lojani boshqarish uchun kelgan, ammo ular ketishdi. Qiziq, nega ular ketishdi va nega boshqa hech kim kirmadi?
Zambiyada turizmni rivojlantirishga urinishda jiddiy noto'g'ri narsa bor. Balki Botsvana modeliga nazar tashlab, bu mamlakat buni qanday amalga oshirayotganini ko'rsatishi mumkin; endi hukumat turizmdan qanday qilib daromad oladi, bu olmosdan tushadigan daromaddan keyin ikkinchi o'rinda turadi.
USHBU MAQOLADAN NIMA OLISH KERAK:
- The southern section of Kafue (with one lodge), Sioma Ngwezi (with no lodge and no infrastructure), Lochinvar (with no lodge and a dying lechwe population), should be providing an income for the government and employment for the people.
- When looking at a map of the Sioma Ngwezi Park, ZAWA had divided the park up into about 5 sections and expected investors to come in and develop the park at vast expense.
- ZAWA should be paying an investor to come in and sort out the mess they have made of the park through negligence.
