Botswana

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

Festivals and Events in Botswana

The Maitisong Festival is held in the month of March every year in Gaborone. The festival is the biggest one week long festival of performing arts bringing plays, dance and orchestral concerts in Maitisong and non-stop Gospel, kwaito and Afro-pop shows to thousands of revellers in Old Naledi.

FOR TURIST

Attractions of Botswana

Botswana's principal tourist attractions are its game reserves, with hunting and photographic safaris available. Other attractions include the Okavango Delta region, which during the rainy season is a maze of waterways, islands, and lakes.[1] The tourism industry also helped to diversify Botswana's economy from traditional sources such as diamonds and beef and created 23,000 jobs in 2005.

SHORT INFORMATION

Population of Botswana

Botswana Population is an important indicator on the social and economic growth of the country. In the year 2003, the population of Botswana was estimated at around 1,785,000 by the United Nations.