Harmonization of Tourist Guide Standards in Southern Africa

Research Project by the University of Pretoria In Collaboration with the National Department of Tourism

Cross-Border Tourism

“the movement of people across the borders of a country under the

guidance of a qualified tourist guide”

Southern Africa South Africa/Namibia ---- 967Km South Africa/Mozambique ---- 491Km

South Africa/Botswana ---- 1,840Km South Africa/Lesotho ---- 909Km

South Africa/Zimbabwe ---- 225Km South Africa/Swaziland ---- 535Km

Tourist Guide “a person who has attained a tourist guiding

qualification, according to legislative requirements, and who guides and informs travellers in the regions

in which they operate”