Victoria Falls faces World Heritage site KO

Victoria Falls faces World Heritage site KO

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By Staff Reporter

ZIMBABWE'S resort town of Victoria Falls faces possible delisting as a world heritage site after being placed on the agenda of the Wold Heritage Committee, an official said Thursday.

The director of Zimbabwe National Museums and Monuments Gerald Mahachi said the Unesco-recognised site would be discussed at the committee's meeting to be held early next year in New Zealand.

He said: "The committee says there are some problems that include building actitities that could force them to consider delisting it."

He would not say whether the problems were confined to Zimbabwe's side only or it also applied to the Zambian side.

Victoria Falls is Zimbabwe's premier resort site, followed by the Zimbabwe Ruins in Masvingo, but bad publicity caused by the government's human rights record has seen tourist arrivals plummetting.

South Africa is racking in millions of dollars yearly by advertising the Victoria Falls in its tourist brochures with messages such as "visit South Africa and see the Victoria Falls".
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