Botswana: The Botswana Tourism Organization has announced the 11th edition of the Botswana Travel & Tourism Expo (BTTE). The event is scheduled to take place from 25th November to 5th December 2024.
The event will be hosted with the aim of highlighting and promoting the tourism culture of the nation. The Botswana Tourism Organization has extended their invitation to the people of the country and other stakeholders to participate in this prestigious event.
The event will attract several tourism stakeholders with the aim of promoting their offerings and tourism products. The organization claimed that the 2024 edition of BTTE aims to expand its market base.
The organization has extended a sincere invitation to the tourism stakeholders of the global markets. The event’s objective is to educate participants, increase destination and product knowledge among the global trade.
The programme seeks to encourage the development of new markets in the district. BTO has extended their invitation to the Botswana based and licensed tour operators to register for the Botswana Travel and Tourism Expo. The event will be hosted physically, on the 27 November to 01 December 2024 in Kasane.
Participation fee
Small Scale Operators @ P7 000.00
Large Scale Operators @ P12 000.00
The cost is based on two representatives per company sharing one table. An additional table can be obtained at P7 000.00 (small-scale operators) and P12 000.00 (large-scale operators) to enable two additional participants (depending on availability). Each company is allowed maxi- mum two (2) representatives per table.
- NOMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGENTS
To expand the database of international and regional agents, BTO invites Botswana based and licensed tour operators to nominate (to BTO) ten (10) tour operators/agents from their preferred markets (rated in sequence of priority and preference).
BTO will conduct the final vetting of six (6 Agents) to be hosted by each Local Operator.
Agents Commitment Fee:
Agents commitment fee @ USD600.00 per participant (payable by the Agent to BTO) One representative per company.
HOSTING PRE & POST FAMILIARISATION TOURS for Travel and Tourism Expo
Pre Tours: 4 nights (23-27th November 2024) Post Tours: 4 4 nights (01- 05th December 2024)
In order to increase product knowledge, we invite operators to register their interests to host agents for a familiarisation tour to showcase their product/ services and submit the corresponding itineraries.
Operators are encouraged to integrate products such as culture and heritage into packages to showcase product diversity. Collaboration between operators is encouraged for optimisation of hosting and showcasing diversity