Namibia: Fuel Hikes May Hit Tourism

The recent steep increases in fuel prices might deter tourists from visiting Namibia and land the country in the expensive holiday destination category, despite more tourists flocking to Namibia last year, an expert has warned.

Releasing the latest tourism figures and statistics in Windhoek yesterday, which showed an increase of some 11,9 per cent for 2005, an official in the Directorate of Tourism Development and Planning, Dr Rukee Tjingaete, said he was disturbed by the recent fuel price increases.
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