Retosa's representative in New York, BCA Communications, handles all media and public relations functions in the United States. In Australia, the organization is represented by Integra and in France by Interface Tourism. In Germany and the United Kingdom, Retosa works directly with tour-operator associations. Nelson Mandela represented a major shift. Werner Beddies, owner of Discover Africa in Windhoek, Namibia, said southern Africa today receives just 2.3 percent of all world tourism expenditures.
People usually have three weeks in each country.
When all the troubles started in Zimbabwe, we lost Victoria Falls, one of our most important attractions. We've lost not only international tourism, but local tourism as well. We cannot operate in isolation. That's why Retosa is so important. This used to be mainly a traditional German destination.