THE Great Zimbabwe Monuments are receiving lower than 10% of overseas vacationers who discuss with Victoria Falls, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) challenge supervisor for the web site’s rehabilitation Salesio Zwawada has mentioned.

Zwawada who was once addressing reporters at a contemporary workshop in Masvingo mentioned UNOPS, which is lately excited by a £3 million-three 12 months building challenge on the monuments, will quickly be enticing a but to be known personal participant to do advertising for the World Heritage Site (WHS).

Covering 800 hectares, Great Zimbabwe is the most important of greater than 150 dry mortar stone ruins scattered throughout Zimbabwe and Mozambique in accordance to the United Nations (UN) company.

“Great Zimbabwe has strong potential for tourism, however, not much is happening primarily because there is inadequate resources to market and promote it as a destination,” mentioned Zwawada.

“Statistics from our feasibility find out about point out that Great Zimbabwe receives lower than 10% of global vacationers that cross to Victoria Falls. If Victoria Falls will get 100 Great Zimbabwe will get lower than 10.

“After further studies are done the idea is to delegate a private player who is going to do a commercial marketing and promotion of the site, following a tourism strategy or plan that comes from the process.”

An Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) funded feasibility find out about carried out by way of UNOPS between January and September, 2021 known problems and alternatives for Great Zimbabwe’s enhancement WHS standing.