More good news for Zimbabwe's tourism

Zimbabwe scared away a lot of tourists during its lost decade of awful international publicity and sharp economic decline. Tourism may be far from back to its previous heyday but neither are they as they were at their worst. Many factors are working to restore some of Zimbabwe's old tourism glory. Apart from increasing positive indicators within Zimbabwe, tourism-related troubles such as those in next door Zambia may also help to drive more tourists back towards Zimbabwe.

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PR gaffes compound Air Zimbabwe's many problems

Just when you think things can't get any worse for Air Zimbabwe, they do. Unfortunately for the 'national carrier,' their problems can no longer be solved just be an injection of money to pay off dead and invest in new planes. The airline's reputation is in tatters and the shareholding, board and management seem in panic mode, which just makes them commit even more gaffes.

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Zimbabwe tourism makes a comeback

During Zimbabwe's past 'lost decade' of political and economic turmoil tourism suffered as much as any other economic sphere. It might have suffered even more than other parts of the economy, being even more sensitive to the massive bad global publicity Zimbabwe has received in recent years. Tourists might have never been in any danger during that time, but the damage in the country's reputation was enough to scare off many people, even when ridiculous levels of local currency hyperinflation for a while made visiting it with hard currency an exceptionally good value for those brave souls who were willing to venture there then. Widely publicized shots of long fuel queues and empty supermarket shelves would not have helped and tourist arrivals plunged.

Political uncertainties remain but Zimbabwe is now on a firm recovery path.

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