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Botswana is Now the Second Most Visited Country in Southern Africa.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32038) has announced the addition of Travel & Tourism International 2005 -- Profile of Botswana to their offering.

The diamond-rich ex-British protectorate protectorate, in international law
protectorate, in international law, a relationship in which one state surrenders part of its sovereignty to another. The subordinate state is called a protectorate.
 of Botswana in Southern Africa
This article concerns the region in Africa. For the present-day country in this region, see South Africa; for the former country, see South African Republic.
Southern Africa
 offers an exclusive, upmarket up·mar·ket  
adj.
Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" New Yorker.
 wildlife and wilderness experience. Almost 40% of this landlocked landlocked adj. referring to a parcel of real property which has no access or egress (entry or exit) to a public street and cannot be reached except by crossing another's property.  arid ar·id  
adj.
1. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants: an arid climate.

2.
 land, around the size of France or slightly smaller than Texas, is given over to parks and reserves, concentrated in the north and west.

Botswana's international tourism is quite young, which is easy to forget in the wake of its success. Although game has been attracting foreign interest for around 150 years, in the 1970s, Botswana predominantly pre·dom·i·nant  
adj.
1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant.

2.
 offered hunting safaris. However, Botswana is now the second most visited country in Southern Africa.

This country profile report is part of the Travel and Tourism International subscription. This series provides quarterly tourism profiles of destination countries. Each quarterly issue features six profiles, all providing a cross-section of countries either established or emerging as tourism destinations.

Vital to industry professionals who must accurately evaluate a country's tourism prospects and capacity, each report pools together the most relevant market-based information and analysis.

The reports are compiled by a global network of industry analysts who provide market-based information as well as detailed, insightful and localised localised - localisation  interpretation of facts and figures. Covering 24 individual tourism destinations over a 12 month period, each report provides an overview of a country's:

-- Attractions

-- Tourism infrastructure in the context of its overall economy

-- Arrival trends

-- Market characteristics

-- Accommodation capacity

-- Transport links

-- Tourism outlook

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32038
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