To assist tourism which has stalled during the coronavirus pandemic, Namibia is planning to conduct an international tourism revival initiative between July 15 and August 15.
Namibia will reopen soon.
Namibian President Hage Geingob explained that the tourism sector needed to be opened as soon as possible, according to Tourism Update. The government has agreed to help bring international tourism to the country through a special programme.
‘This initiative will look to accommodate a limited number of tourists from carefully selected low-risk tourism source markets that have the potential to contribute towards our tourism sector, which employs over 100,000 Namibians,’ he said.
Those who enter the country from June 30 will need to submit a COVID-19 PCR test on arrival and enter a mandatory two-week government-supervised quarantine at their own cost.
This is not a full reopening as borders will remain closed except for the few selected to enter under these rules. This month-long trial will then be used to determine how the borders can be reopened and lockdown restrictions eased.
Stage 5 of their lockdown easing is expected to happen in September which is when borders will be fully opened.
Namibia has been spared much of the devastation of the pandemic, with only 90 confirmed cases recorded, 21 of which have recovered and no deaths.
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