Destination Zimbabwe and other countries have been removed from the UK’s COVID 19 Red List. This will be effective from 4 am on 11 October.
The classification had put the destination in a disadvantaged position since the United Kingdom is one of Zimbabwe’s major source tourism markets. ZTA spokesperson Godfrey Koti said, “The announcement that destination Zimbabwe will be removed from the red list is incredibly exciting and the sector is fully prepared to help travellers get back to this beautiful tourism destination.
He said this was a welcome development for the tourism sector in its generality. “To us as the tourism sector, the announcement brings hope for recovery of the sector,” he said.
This is an acknowledgement of our government’s efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccination programme has been a resounding success.
“We are looking forward to an increased traffic flow into the destination. We’re expecting to see the resumption of flights into destination Zimbabwe,” he added.
