Trophy hunting may return-minister

Tshekedi Khama, Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism.
Tshekedi Khama, Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism.

KASANE: Botswana does not rule out the possibility of re-introducing trophy hunting in the near future, says Tshekedi Khama, Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism. He was addressing international journalists last week at the inaugural Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) Expo.

Botswana's decision to ban trophy hunting effective from January next year has been met with huge criticism from players in the tourism industry both locally and abroad.

Tourism observers believe that the move could reduce the number of tourists visiting Botswana thus impacting badly on the country's earnings.

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