The Limpopo National Park (LNP), in the southern province of Gaza, has reported revenue of 5.8 million meticais (about 175,000 US dollars) from tourism in 2010.Last year 23,934 people visited the park, of which 3,056 stayed overnight. Others used the LNP gates to reach other destinations such as the coastal regions of Gaza and Inhambane provinces.A source from LNP told AIM that the park had been expecting much larger revenues during this period because of the World Cup hosted by neighbouring South Africa in 2010.To that end, the Mozambican government had established an inter-ministerial committee in 2009 made up from the Ministries of Finance, Tourism, Youth and Sport, Transport and Communications and the Interior. This had the task of promoting Mozambique’s image to attract tourists to visit the country during the 2010 World Cup.
Data on tourism in that park shows that there was an increase of 7.2 per cent compared with the same period in 2009, when LNP reported revenue of 5.4 million meticais (about 163,000 US dollars).“The increase is a result of the hard work in marketing, improving accommodation facilities and improving road conditions to access the park”, said LNP Administrator Baldeu Chande.According to Chande, LNP is currently upgrading accommodation facilities, which will include the provision of more entertainment, to persuade tourists to extend their stay in the park.“We are working on different fronts to construct more tourist resorts, to open new roads for safaris for four wheel drive cars, to create conditions for walks around the park to watch wildlife, and to provide opportunities for fishing and other activities”, said the administrator, adding that should these initiatives come to fruition the revenue generated by the park will soar.LNP is also working with partners to disburse the funds required to resettle 1,100 people who are currently forced to share the same area with dangerous wild animals.Once resettlement is completed the authorities will remove the fence with the adjoining Kruger National Park in South Africa to allow for the free movement of wild animals. It is hoped that this will increase the number of visitors.The Limpopo National Park forms part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park along with the South African Kruger National Park and the Zimbabwean Gonarezhou National Park.
Data on tourism in that park shows that there was an increase of 7.2 per cent compared with the same period in 2009, when LNP reported revenue of 5.4 million meticais (about 163,000 US dollars).“The increase is a result of the hard work in marketing, improving accommodation facilities and improving road conditions to access the park”, said LNP Administrator Baldeu Chande.According to Chande, LNP is currently upgrading accommodation facilities, which will include the provision of more entertainment, to persuade tourists to extend their stay in the park.“We are working on different fronts to construct more tourist resorts, to open new roads for safaris for four wheel drive cars, to create conditions for walks around the park to watch wildlife, and to provide opportunities for fishing and other activities”, said the administrator, adding that should these initiatives come to fruition the revenue generated by the park will soar.LNP is also working with partners to disburse the funds required to resettle 1,100 people who are currently forced to share the same area with dangerous wild animals.Once resettlement is completed the authorities will remove the fence with the adjoining Kruger National Park in South Africa to allow for the free movement of wild animals. It is hoped that this will increase the number of visitors.The Limpopo National Park forms part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park along with the South African Kruger National Park and the Zimbabwean Gonarezhou National Park.
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