A presentation made by Piet Theron on the transboundary tourism products that take place, and are planned for, the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.

1. Great Limpopo Transfrontier
Park & Conservation Area
Development of Cross-border Tourism Products

2. Benefit
Sharing
/
Sustainable
Livelihoods
§ Focused
on
buffer
area
/
GLTFCA
§ Importance
reiterated
at
Ministerial
Bilateral
held
on
14
June
2013:
• “ParFes
to
look
into
intervenFons
aimed
at
creaFng
sustainable
jobs,
and
improving
livelihoods
for
local
communiFes
surrounding
the
GLTP”
• “Implement
a
demonstrable
and
effecFve
anF-­‐environmental
crime
Awareness
Programme”
§ Key
intervenFons:
• Development
of
Livelihoods
DiversificaFon
Strategy
• Cross-­‐border
tourism
products

3. Current
Cross-­‐border
Tourism
Products

4. Pafuri
Walking
Trail
&
Shangane
Fes4val
Zimbabwe
South
Africa
Sengwe
–
Tshipise
Corridor
Mozambique
Makuleke
Area

5. Future
Cross-­‐border
Tourism
SHINGWEDZI*CLIFFS*WILDERNESS*&*ADVENTURE*TRAILS*CAMP*

6. Future
Cross-­‐border
Tourism
!
!
!
Cross-­‐border
Wilderness
Trails
Pafuri
Node
Cross-­‐border
4x4
Trails

7. Marke8ng,
Communica8ons
&
Informa8on
Sharing
§ Currently in process of developing a
stand-alone GLTP / GLTFCA website
§ New GLTP domain
www.greatlimpopo.org registered by
JMB and funded by PPF
§ Act as both the public face of the
project as well as an information
portal for the sharing of information
within GLTFCA officials and key
stakeholders
§ Also include GLTFCA Mapping
Portal