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Promote environmental based projects for the conservation and protection of the environment in order to increase the effectiveness with which natural resources are used and managed so that the beneficial interactions are optimised and harmful environment side effects are minimised.

• Provides quality weather, climate information, and related services to enable timely and informed decision making for sustainable socio-economic development in circumstances where weather plays a significant role.
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Prevent and control pollution of the environment through the formulation of the waste management policies, regulating and monitoring of waste sector.

• Custodian of Botswana’s cultural and natural heritage.  
• Protect, preserve and promote Botswana’s cultural and natural heritage for sustainable utilisation.  
• Collect, research, conserve and exhibit for public education and appreciation.

Manages and promotes sustainable tourism development through formulation, monitoring and implementation of policies and strategies that ensure sustainable tourism development.

Charged with conservation, protection and management of vegetation resources in Botswana and ensures that these resources are used sustainably for the benefit of the present and future generations.

Responsible for conserving and managing fish and wildlife resources and their habitats in consultation with local, regional and international stakeholders for the benefit of present and future generations.

Co-ordinates and ensures efficient management of Ministerial resources and support services by Departments through Human Resources Management and Administration, Finance and Development, Procurement, and Strategy Management.

• Responsible for tourism product development.
• Need to market the country as a tourism destination to the national, regional and international markets.
• Promoting investment into the tourism sector.
• Grading and classifies tourist facilities.

Forest Conservation Botswana (FCB)                                            

Administer the Tropical Forest Conservation Fund on behalf of the Ministry. 

Promote activities designed to conserve, maintain, protect and restore the forests of Botswana in accordance with the terms of the Tropical Forest Agreement, Forest Act, the National Forest Policy and the Tropical Forest Conservation Fund Order.

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Botswana tourism - a way of diversifying the economy.

Botswana's principal tourist attractions are its game reserves, with hunting and photographic safaris available. Other attractions include the Okavango Delta region, which during the rainy season is a maze of waterways, islands, and lakes. The tourism industry also helped to diversify Botswana's economy from traditional sources such as diamonds and beef and created around 23,000 jobs in 2005.

Botswana offers the traveller a choice of accommodation options from top class tourist hotels, luxury lodges and safari camps, to budget guesthouses and camping grounds. The major tourist areas have a choice of private lodges, safari camps, and public camping sites. [1]

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The mission of BTO is to develop and champion tourism, so as to build the sector into a key driver of economic growth. Botswana Tourism Organization (BTO) provides tourism information and promotion about our country's natural appeal; our stunning and seemingly endless wilderness, prolific wildlife, cultural diversity, and welcoming people. BTO also grades and classify tourist accommodations so that they are consistent with consumer expectations and industry ratings standards. Botswana Tourism is committed to responsible tourism. Therefore, the Botswana government’s conservation and wildlife management policies, along with the eco-tourism strategies work in concert to ensure that Botswana’s tourism is sustainable for it’s inhabitants and future generations of tourists, while contributing meaningfully to the national economy. [2]

Major Tourism Sectors

Game reserves and national parks.

Three national parks and seven game reserves that are wildlife shelters occupy 17% of the land area of Botswana. The three national parks are the Chobe National Park, the Nxai Pan and Makgadikgadi National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The seven game reserves are the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Gaborone Game Reserve, Khutse Game Reserve, Mannyelanong Game Reserve, Maun Game Reserve and Moremi Game Reserve. In addition, a number of small privately owned reserves are maintained.

The Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, black rhino and buffalo - along with a huge variety of other less famous but equally impressive animals – antelopes, giraffe, zebras, wildebeest, red lechwe, puku and hippo – can be seen in abundance in Botswana's two main parks, Chobe National Park and Moremi Game Reserve. [8]

Botswana is around 90% covered in savanna, varying from shrub savanna in the southwest in the dry areas to tree savanna consisting of trees and grass in the wetter areas. Even under the hot conditions of the Kalahari Desert, many different species survive; in fact the country has more than 2500 species of plants and 650 species of trees. Vegetation and its wild fruits are also extremely important to rural populations living in the desert and are the principal source of food, fuel and medicine for many inhabitants.

The Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is a vast inland river delta in northern Botswana. It's known for its sprawling grassy plains, which flood seasonally, becoming a lush animal habitat. The Moremi Game Reserve occupies the east and central areas of the region. Here, dugout canoes are used to navigate past hippos, elephants and crocodiles. On dry land, wildlife includes lions, leopards, giraffes and rhinos.

Rock Paintings

Tsodilo Hills, now a World Heritage rock art site where some 4,500 paintings have so far been recorded. Although some of the paintings were made by San/Bushmen most are believed to have been made by Khoi (Khoe) people and also by Bantu immigrants like the Hambakush who arrived there about 1,800 years ago. It is possible that most of this art was made during the last 2,000 years. In eastern Botswana a lot of the art is San art but there is also some Khoe art in the east. [7]

Museum and art galleries

A multi-disciplinary institution that includes the National Art Gallery and Octagon Gallery, as well as—since November 2007—the National Botanical Garden. Displays traditional Botswana crafts and paintings and aims to celebrate the work of local artists. A list of some museum sites are; 1. Botswana National Museum 2. Kgosi Bathoen II (Segopotso) Museum 3. Kgosi Sechele I Museum 4. Khama III Memorial Museum 5. Nhabe Museum 6. Phuthadikobo Museum 7. Supa Ngwano Museum Centre

Urban Tourism

Intensive urban growth and proliferation of urban settlements are basic characteristicks of postcolonial development in Botswana. Immediately before gaining independence, only 4% of the population lived in urban settlements. According to the Government Central Statistick Office (CSO), 47.5% of population will live in cities, townships and urban villages by year 2001. [6]

Desert Race

Drawing thousands of motor sport fanatics from across the globe to the small town of Jwaneng in Botswana, the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race is upon us. A motor spot competition, the Toyota 1000 Desert Race takes place annually towards the end of June. 2018 will mark the 37th year that the competition has been held with each year proving that the race is gaining a bigger following as it continues to grow in popularity. The race draws over 120 000 spectators, making it the biggest off road race in Africa. Spectators come from neighbouring countries and abroad to enjoy the thrill of race cars zipping past at uncanny speeds. [5]

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The TOLIS System is an Information Technology (IT) solution designed to enable and support the core business functions of the Department of Tourism(DOT).

1. To Coordinate and enhance communication within and between departments and stakeholders of the Ministry. 2. To easily communicate with regional sites. 3. To provide efficient and reliable Information Technology (IT) service to DOT. 4. Improved data collection and monitoring facilities. 5. Enhanced report writing facilities. 6. Enhanced support for research projects. 7. Online retrieval and analysis of data to reveal business trends and statistics not directly visible in the data directly retrieved from a data warehouse.

1. Click on Sign up for using e-services 2. Complete all of the required fields. Use a valid email address for sign up 3. If you choose motswana on the Nationality drop-menu 4. Fill in your Omang Number(ID Number) 5. Upload an Original copy of the National Identity Card 6.If you choose others on the Nationality drop-menu 7.Fill in your Passport Number 8. Upload an Original copy of a Passport

DOT greatly respects your privacy and your personal information, we will take all reasonable measures to protect your personal information and to keep it confidential, in anticipation of the long awaited privacy and personal data protection laws.

Click on Forgot Password 1. Fill in the Username/Email.The email address should match the email used for registration 2. Email will be sent with details on how to recover your password. The recovery link will be valid only for 4hours 3. Email will be sent with details on how to recover your password

Same Credentials(username and password) still work If you forgot your password, follow this here to reset your password

1. New Tourism Enterprise License 2. New Tourism Enterprise License Category I 3.Annual Fee Payment 4.Submission of Moonthly Tourism Accomodation Statistics 5.Levy Payment 6.Renewal of Category I License

The maximum attachment file size is 3MB No file greater than 3MB can be attached

Once the application have been submitted sucessfully, the application will return a reference number, which should be noted as it will be used for future use

Once the application have been submitteted, nothing can be edited.

1.Login into the application. 2.Choose Apply for New Tourism Enterprise License under the eServices section 3.Fill all the details required in all fields, attach document if required 4.Click Sumit Button

1. Login into the application. 2. Choose Apply for new Tourism enterprise License Category I under the eServices section 3. Fill all the details required in all fields, attach document if required 4.Click Submit Button

1. Login as a customer into the application 2. Choose Submit Monthly Tourism Accommodation Statistics under the eService section. 3. Enter the license number then click submit 4. Click on submit once done with filling all the necessary details on the form.

1.Login into the application 2.Choose Submit Monthly Tourism Accommodation Statistics under the eService section. 3.Enter the license number then click submit 4.Click on submit once done with filling all the necessary details on the form.

1. Login as a customer 2. Choose Levy Payment under the eService section. 3. Enter the license number then click submit 4. Type in a Levy amount equal to or greater than the minimum payable fee 5. Fill all the details to make an online payment with a VISA card. Click Pay once done. 6.Click close when done, keep the reference number safely for future references

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Top Tour Operators and Travel Agencies in Botswana. Below you will find 12 of the best tour operators and travel agencies in Botswana offering in total 33 tours and holidays through-out Botswana. Combined they have received 94 customer reviews and an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars. The top tour activities offered in Botswana are: Wildlife, landscapes and nature, Adventure and sport & Special interests and hobbies.

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12 Tour Operators in Botswana with 94 Reviews

Exodus Travels

• Address Grange Mills, Weir Road, London, England
• Response Rate 85%
• Response Time 2 hours

• Best-in-Class Top 5% of companies
• Excellent Service Top 10% of companies
• Superior Service Top 15% of companies

• Address Nelson House, 55-59 Victoria Rd, Farnborough, England
• Response Rate 96%
• Response Time 1 hour

World Expeditions

• Address 1B Osiers Road, Wandsworth, London, England
• Response Rate 82%

DK Tours & Safaris

• Address 258D ADAM STANDER DRIVE, Victoria Falls Matabeland north, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
• Response Time 3 hours

On The Go Tours

• Address 3 Shortlands, 4th floor, Office 19, Hammersmith, England
• Response Rate 88%

G Adventures

• Address G Adventures Ltd, 60 Bastwick Street, London, England
• Response Rate 90%

Acacia Africa

• Address First Floor, 135 Notting Hill Gate, London, England
• Response Rate 95%

• Address 38-51 Bedford Way, London, England

Intrepid Travel

• Address 380 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Australia

Abang Africa Travel

• Address 104 Piazza building (1st Floor), cape town, South Africa
• Response Rate 97%

Indus Travels

• Address 233, 11951 Hammersmith Way, Richmond, Canada

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Welcome to Botswana

Botswana is located in southern africa and is bordered by south africa, namibia, zambia and zimbabwe. it is roughly the same size as france or texas, with a surface area of 581,730 sq km..

Botswana uses the pula (BWP) as its national currency. The pula is divided into 100 thebe. The pula is freely traded and there are no currency restrictions. It is one of Africa’s strongest currencies. Notes are P200, P100, P50, P20 and P10. Coins are P5, P2, P1 and thebe 50t, 25t, 10t, and 5t.

Summer is from December to March. High temperatures average 30C to 35C with lows around 18C and rain particularly in December and February. Winter is June to August. Daytime temperatures around 23C with night-time lows averaging 5C.

The official languages of Botswana are Setswana and English.

Botswana is on Central Africa Time (CAT), which is GMT+2 hours.

The Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana(HATAB) was formed in 1982 and over the past 38 years ,the association has helped to improve and promote the tourism industry which is the second-largest contributor to the country’s economy. In addition, HATAB ensures that high standards are maintained throughout the industry.

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CEO of Botswana Tourism Organization reveals plans to increase international arrivals in 2023

• Published: 2:41 AM UTC, Thu December 8, 2022

On the back of a great year for Botswana’s tourism, the country is devising strategies and taking initiatives for more successes for the industry next year. The country has already set its sights on new international tourism markets and is hoping to build a more vibrant MICE sector.

The Southern African nation saw the return of its biggest tourism and travel event, the Botswana Travel and Tourism Expo (BTTE) in November this year. Earlier in October, the country hosted the 5th Africa Tourism Leadership Forum and Awards. Both events attracted hundreds of participants and boosted confidence in Botswana’s tourism industry while giving a strong indication that it is an emerging destination for the events and meetings sector.

In a conversation with VoyagesAfriq, the CEO of Botswana Tourism Organization, Ms. Tshoganetso Carl-Ponoesele posited, “2022 has been quite an eventful year for our tourism sector in Botswana, and I must say that what really came out strong was the events and the conferences. For the first time in Botswana, we managed to host with finance international events of a stature that has amazed our patrons and our counterparts regionally.”

According to her, the feat has propelled them to do more in the coming year.

“We walk into 2023 with new vigour and new energy. As we see already, the interest in the MICE sector has increased. We already see different interests in international organizations lobbying for Botswana to host these international events.”

With BTTE 2022 proving to be good in terms of the number of international buyers, Ms. Carl-Ponoesele is hopeful that the country would attract even more in the coming year.

“We received over 100 international buyers in BTTE 2022. So to us, this is a huge blessing and breakthrough because post-Covid one will not expect so much,” the CEO indicated.

As part of the approaches to achieve this, Ms. Carl-Ponoesele hinted that in addition to their traditional source markets, Botswana will turn attention to other international markets in their tourism marketing and promotion campaigns.

“We are not only going to lean ourselves towards the traditional source markets, we are also looking at the new tourist interest because we have the UAE market which is coming up, and by virtue of having the desert, we are looking forward to working with the UAE market. We are also looking at penetrating the Japanese and the Asia markets because they have also been quiet for some time” she stressed.

Ms. also disclosed that they are looking forward to a bigger and better BTTE in 2023. In light of this, they would ensure providing seamless travel for international agents and participants.

The CEO explained, “We are already lobbying for partnerships with other airlines. During the WTM London, we managed to engage with Ethiopian Airlines and lobbied for assistance with the transportation of our international agents for BTTE 2023 to reduce the travel time and the layover time during the transit.”

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