TOURISM CONFERENCE TO BE HELD

A conference to explore opportunities of the tourism industry in Lesotho will be held at the National Convention Centre from November 12-14. The meeting in preparation for this conference was held at Lancers Inn in Maseru on Wednesday 16 October,2002 and various stakeholders that included the Ministries of Tourism, Environment, Labour, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and the Lesotho Council of Tourism were represented.

In an interview, the Regional Coordinator for the Mineworkers Development Agency (MDA), who had organised the meeting, Mr. Limpho Salae, said the conference is expected to explore ways to boost the tourism industry, and on how the retrenched mineworkers could contribute in the building of this industry. Mr. Salae, said it is expected to find prospects that all Basotho, especially the mineworkers could follow in the boosting of the industry.

In the meantime, the Director of Tourism, Mr. Khotso Mpasa, said mineworkers could contribute a lot in development of the tourism industry, saying they could engage in bed and breakfast lodges and in pony trekking for tourists. Mr. Mpasa, said his ministry is prepared to provide training so that they could efficiently run their businesses.

16 October,2002