Tourism Statistics - Government of Botswana
Tourism Statistics - Government of Botswana
Tourism Statistics - Government of Botswana
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Adding in the Tour Operator Spending on behalf <strong>of</strong> tourists<br />
Separate estimates have been made for the tour operator spending on behalf <strong>of</strong> tourists, as shown<br />
in Table 2.5. These are added together with the direct spending by the tourist him/herself and this<br />
gives the totals in Table 2.6.<br />
Table 2.5: Breakdown <strong>of</strong> Spending in <strong>Botswana</strong> by the Tour Operator<br />
Percentage<br />
Breakdown<br />
Expenditure for<br />
2005/2006 P million<br />
Money Spent on Accommodation, Food and Drink 41% 197<br />
Money Spent on Local Transport 17% 82<br />
Money Spent on Recreation (e.g. Park Fees, inter alia) 9% 43<br />
Money Spent on 'Other' Spending 18% 87<br />
Mark-Up for Tour Operator for own costs 15% 72<br />
Total 100% 481<br />
Table 2.6: Total Spending 2005/2006 – Direct Tourist Spending plus Spending by Tour<br />
Operators on Tourists’ behalf<br />
Direct Spend<br />
P millions<br />
Tour Operator<br />
Spending<br />
P millions<br />
Total Spending<br />
P millions<br />
Money Spent on Accommodation 831 197 1,028<br />
Money Spent on Meals and Drink 277 277<br />
Money Spent on Transport 176 82 258<br />
Money Spent on Recreation 176 43 219<br />
Money Spent on Shopping 403 403<br />
Money Spent on 'Other' Spending 654 159 813<br />
Total 2,517 481 2,998<br />
A best estimate is that the total <strong>of</strong> tourist expenditure (staying overnight visitors) is around P 3<br />
billion in <strong>Botswana</strong> in 2005/2006.<br />
2.2.3 Same-Day Visitor Spending<br />
Same-day travel is important for <strong>Botswana</strong> but a good part <strong>of</strong> it will not be tourism. Rather it will be<br />
cross-border travel within the „usual environment‟. Details <strong>of</strong> the estimate are shown in Annex 4.<br />
The key feature <strong>of</strong> these breakdowns is that the Same-Day Visitors into <strong>Botswana</strong> are not<br />
spending on the usual tourism services – accommodation, meals and drinks, transport, recreation<br />
- or hardly at all. They are spending on „shopping‟ and on „other‟ items, which appear to<br />
encompass a whole range <strong>of</strong> other goods and services – see Table 2.7.<br />
Table 2.7: Breakdown <strong>of</strong> the Total Spending by Same-day visitors in 2005/ 2006<br />
Percent Total Spend<br />
P million<br />
Money Spent on Accommodation 2.5% 1.58<br />
Money Spent on Meals and Drink 3.3% 2.08<br />
Money Spent on Transport 2.5% 1.58<br />
Money Spent on Recreation 0.5% 0.32<br />
Money Spent on Shopping 63.2% 39.82<br />
Money Spent on 'Other' Spending 28.0% 17.64<br />
Total 100.0% 63.00<br />
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