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Victoria Falls among world's top 10 tourism centres
12 Nov 2013 at 10:31hrs | Views
Victoria Falls has been placed sixth on the Lonely Planet's top 10 regions to travel to in the world. Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide publisher in the world, announced its Best Top 10 regions to travel this month. "Victoria Falls is truly one of the world's great wonders.
Standing in a Unesco World Heritage Site, in front of the mighty Zambezi falling 108m down the first gorge with such exceptional force that you are drenched, is a remarkable experience.
As David Livingstone perfectly summarised, 'Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by Angels in their flight'.
"Victoria Falls offers superb game viewing opportunities, a range of activities to suit every age, superb restaurants, unique cultural artefacts and art, banks and ATMs, and a hospital all within a national park.
"The completion of the infrastructural developments at the Victoria Falls Airport, including a new terminal in 2015 and 4km runways in 2014 to handle long haul wide body jets will be an exciting development for the destination," said Lonely Planet.
The recognition comes on the back of the successful co-hosting by Zimbabwe and Zambia in August of the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly which saw representatives of 120 countries and 900 affiliate organisations experience first-hand the splendour of one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The destination caters to all budgets and tastes, from backpacking lodges to luxurious lodges and hotels. New properties such as Africa Albida Tourism's lavish butler-service Victoria Falls Safari Club (VFSC) have placed the destination on the discerning travellers radar.
The VFSC has earned a reputation as a trend setting and innovative establishment. The first of its kind on the Zimbabwean side, the VFSC has broken the mould offering world class, 5 star luxury clothed in the warmth for which the region is famous.
Lonely Planet has a wide readership with the ever popular travel guides, a globally distributed monthly magazine, Lonely Planet Traveller, a vast online community as well as a television production company.
From February to April 2013, Lonely Planet.com had 10,3 million unique visitors and 45,9 million page views.
Standing in a Unesco World Heritage Site, in front of the mighty Zambezi falling 108m down the first gorge with such exceptional force that you are drenched, is a remarkable experience.
As David Livingstone perfectly summarised, 'Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by Angels in their flight'.
"Victoria Falls offers superb game viewing opportunities, a range of activities to suit every age, superb restaurants, unique cultural artefacts and art, banks and ATMs, and a hospital all within a national park.
"The completion of the infrastructural developments at the Victoria Falls Airport, including a new terminal in 2015 and 4km runways in 2014 to handle long haul wide body jets will be an exciting development for the destination," said Lonely Planet.
The recognition comes on the back of the successful co-hosting by Zimbabwe and Zambia in August of the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly which saw representatives of 120 countries and 900 affiliate organisations experience first-hand the splendour of one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The destination caters to all budgets and tastes, from backpacking lodges to luxurious lodges and hotels. New properties such as Africa Albida Tourism's lavish butler-service Victoria Falls Safari Club (VFSC) have placed the destination on the discerning travellers radar.
The VFSC has earned a reputation as a trend setting and innovative establishment. The first of its kind on the Zimbabwean side, the VFSC has broken the mould offering world class, 5 star luxury clothed in the warmth for which the region is famous.
Lonely Planet has a wide readership with the ever popular travel guides, a globally distributed monthly magazine, Lonely Planet Traveller, a vast online community as well as a television production company.
From February to April 2013, Lonely Planet.com had 10,3 million unique visitors and 45,9 million page views.
Source - chronicle
