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SOUTHERN AFRICA’S TOURISM HAS POTENTIAL AND SKILLS BUT LACKS
LITTER AWARENESS!
Guests want a clean
southern Africa
Photos and
text by Stefan Rust
2013
(In
terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these texts belongs to Stefan
Rust)
It is beyond my comprehension that people in today’s time
continue littering, in the knowledge that it is not sustainable or healthy.
It is no pleasure, taking guests through the Caprivi Strip
in Namibia, Francistown in Botswana or Mapungubwe NP in South Africa with
plastics and rubbish all alongside the roads.
Is it a mindset, stupidity or a case of ‘doesn’t bother me’?
Destruction of the environment, animals and people through littering is nothing
new.
Because of this serious litter situation, BirdsConTour together
with guests takes action under its division Travel gives Wings to collect litter while being on tour. This project
was given the name BirdsConTour for a cleaner Bird Habitat. It was founded in a bid to not only complain but to
take action and to hopefully create awareness with people the moment they see
BirdsConTour and the guests collecting litter. Respond is positive because
often people in the surrounding join and start picking up litter.
In this regard, Stefan Rust from BirdsConTour collected litter
while being on the road with a Limpopo Tour from Pack Safar and Chamäleon
Reisen. Areas that have been cleaned are the turnoff to Mount Etjo, Namibia,
and the parking area at the Mapungubwe NP museum in South Africa. These places
were in dire need of attention.
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