NWR takes on critics

NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has called for an end to what it sees as unnecessary criticism of its operations by private tourism operators.

“Let’s stop bad-mouthing. Stop unnecessary criticism,” the Chairman of the NWR Board of Directors, Klemens /Awarab, said at the opening of NWR’s Sossus Dune Lodge at Sesriem on Saturday./Awarab said all tourism operators should work together to boost the tourism sector.He said the NWR Act provided for strategic alliances and partnerships with the private sector.Sossus Dune Lodge is the first accommodation facility to be built by NWR.The development is part of NWR’s turnaround strategy to bring its facilities up to international standards.The 50-bed lodge is expected to create about 56 jobs.It has been built in a eco-friendly manner – perched on a wooden deck overlooking the Sesriem Canyon.Stop unnecessary criticism,” the Chairman of the NWR Board of Directors, Klemens /Awarab, said at the opening of NWR’s Sossus Dune Lodge at Sesriem on Saturday./Awarab said all tourism operators should work together to boost the tourism sector.He said the NWR Act provided for strategic alliances and partnerships with the private sector.Sossus Dune Lodge is the first accommodation facility to be built by NWR.The development is part of NWR’s turnaround strategy to bring its facilities up to international standards.The 50-bed lodge is expected to create about 56 jobs.It has been built in a eco-friendly manner – perched on a wooden deck overlooking the Sesriem Canyon.

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