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.
Kuzungulira Chigawo cha Kumwera, pali mapaki osavuta kufikako ndi malo a nyama zakuthengo. Chigawo chakummwera kwa Kafue (chokhala ndi nyumba imodzi), Sioma Ngwezi (yopanda malo ogona komanso malo ogwirira ntchito), Lochinvar (yopanda malo ogona komanso anthu omwe akumwalira), iyenera kupereka ndalama ku boma ndi ntchito kwa anthu. Chifukwa chiyani?
Mitengo ndi yokwera kwambiri ndipo maofesi ndi ochuluka. Poyang'ana mapu a Sioma Ngwezi Park, ZAWA idagawa pakiyo m'magawo pafupifupi 5 ndipo ikuyembekeza kuti osunga ndalama abwere kudzakonza pakiyo ndi ndalama zambiri. ZAWA ikuyenera kumalipira munthu amene amaika ndalama kuti abwere kudzathetsa chisokonezo chomwe apanga pakiyi mosasamala.
Malo a mbalame olemera kwambiri padziko lonse a Lochinvar akadali mabwinja. Banki Yadziko Lonse idabwera ndikuyipatsa misewu yatsopano, koma malo amsasawo ndi olakwika. Kampani ina inabwera zaka zingapo zapitazo kudzasamalira malo ogona, koma iwo anachoka. Ndikudabwa chifukwa chake adachoka komanso chifukwa chiyani palibe wina walowamo?
Pali china chake cholakwika kwambiri ndi momwe ntchito zokopa alendo zimayesedwera ku Zambia. Mwinamwake kuyang'ana chitsanzo cha Botswana kudzawonetsa momwe dzikolo limachitira; momwe boma tsopano likulandirira ndalama kuchokera ku zokopa alendo, zomwe ndi zachiwiri kuchokera ku diamondi.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- 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.
