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Polokwane - Limpopo expects tourism to boom as a result of a second transfrontier park that will fall within its borders.
The Limpopo/Shashe Transfrontier Conservation Area will extend from Limpopo into Zimbabwe and Botswana. The three governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the park on Thursday last week.
"The launch of this conservation area is a huge boost in driving the tourism trade between the countries, so that everyone benefits," said head of marketing at Limpopo Tourism and Parks, Khorommbi Matibe.
The province is already part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which spans across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Matibe said Limpopo Tourism and Parks would engage members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) about drawing more tourists to the region.
The Limpopo/Shashe transfrontier area will cover 4 8723km², of which 53% falls in South Africa, 28% in Botswana and 19% in Zimbabwe.
Spokesperson for South African minister of environmental affairs and tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk, JP Louw, said the three governments still needed to meet to draw up a programme of action regarding the new park.
"We would like to see significant progress by the year 2010, with possibly the presidents meeting to officially launch the project," he said.
The Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park covers 35 000km² and includes South Africa's Kruger National Park, Mozambique's Limpopo Park and Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park.
The park will eventually be expanded to include private and community-owned reserves and conservancies to create a total conservation area of 100 000km².