Table 1: Summary of Issues Discussed in the Panel Discussions and Presentations

• How long will the finalisation of formalities to make Mbala airport a civilian airport going to take in order to boost tourism in the Northern Circuit?

• Infrastructure development in the Northern Circuit such as road and power development are ongoing

• $150 million World Bank loan through the Improved Rural Connectivity Project (IRCP) is being applied towards road development

• Government is also contemplating to partner private sector operators that are interested in constructing an anchor hotel or MICE facility in the Northern Circuit

• What is being done to promote marine transportation in the Northern Circuit?

• Create an enabling environment for foreign operators to partner with Zambian vessel owners

• Zambia needs to do more in the area of marine and inland waterways

• But there is also need for mindset change in order for Zambians to start considering water as an alternative means of transportation

• How are Zambian stakeholders going to work together to ensure that, Lusaka becoming an aviation hub in Southern Africa, is actualised?

• Government and private sector should work together to unlock tourism business potential in the Northern Circuit and other tourism circuits across the country

• Promote and market domestic tourism in addition to addressing the cost of doing business

• Are there incentives that extend to the transport sector targeting roads that lead to tourism sites?

• Government will give priority to economic roads and determine the appropriate mode of financing (such as through PPP arrangements)

• No specific incentives in the road sector are offered. However, Government has a special arrangement with African Parks.