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Article: Okavango's untamed beauty. (Botswana's tourist industry)(Botswana: The New Era Begins)(Industry Overview)

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African Business
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September 1, 1995
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These days, to make a success in the highly competitive global tourism sector, it's not enough just to have a beautiful beach or two. To make your mark, you need a truly unique tourism product, one that sets your destination apart from the others. Botswana is blessed with just such a feature: the Okavango Delta.

The Okavango is a rare example of an inland delta. The 1,600km long Okavango River rises in the highlands of central Angola and flows south-eastward across Namibia's Caprivi Strip. But it is in Botswana that the Okavango becomes unique.

For the Okavango is one river which does not flow into the sea - nor does it flow into any other river that ...

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