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Table 4: Key interventions and ownership

Key intervention Source of Funding Responsible institution
Establishment of tourism Government of Namibia • MEFT
revolving fund/stimulus Banks • Development Bank of Namibia
package
Environmental sustainability levy • Bank of Namibia
(to be established)
Non-governmental organisations
• Environmental Development Fund
• Namibia Nature Conservation
• World Wildlife Fund
• UNDP
• German International Corporation
(GIZ)
Stakeholders training Futouris Donor funding • The Futouris Project
The Namibian Tourism Board(NTB) • (Team (Namibia)
Namibia Training Authority(NTA) • UNAM/NUST

Rehabilitation of ports of Government of Namibia • Ministry of Home Affairs,
entry Immigration, Safety and Security
Domestic tourism Government of Namibia • MEFT
enhancement mechanisms • Namibia Tourism Board

Address skills gap in NTB • NTB
customer service Namibia Training Authority • NTA
(tourism and hospitality training levy) • NUST/UNAM
Tourism Satellite Accounting MEFT • MET
UNWTO Technical Cooperation UNECA • NTB
• NSA
• BoN
• Home Affairs

5.3 Building strategies for resilience

The entire tourism value chain in the Erongo Region In order to build destination resilience the following
is prone to unprecedented risks, shocks and stressors strategies are proposed:
and there is a need to raise awareness and anticipate
these challenges for the Erongo tourism destination c Building /strengthening cooperation among stake-
to remain competitive and sustainable. A review of the holders in Erongo
Covid19 pandemic reveals that tourism in the Erongo c Coordinated action across government bodies at all
Region was the most affected resulting in socio-eco- levels and in partnership with communities
nomic consequences for the host communities in c Strategic planning for development and marketing
Erongo. The livelihoods of communities in Erongo are c Diversification of tourism products and activities to
highly dependent on the tourism value chain. All tour- avoid over dependency
ism sub-sectors in the Erongo Region which include c Having an inclusive policy framework for tourism
lodging, tourist transport, tour operators, travel agents, development in the Erongo Region
Food and Beverage and tour guiding have not been
spared the devastating effects of shocks and stressors
of the past years.

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