Eating out is popular and comparatively cheap. Table service is the norm in restaurants. Beer is the most widely consumed alcoholic beverage. Imported wines, spirits and liqueurs are available in hotels. Traditional maize beer, whawha , is made in large quantities on special occasions.
Public bars are almost always part of a hotel.
Major hotels have 24-hour bars and room service. Rather limited outside the cities with the emphasis on eating and discos, but larger cities have nightclubs, cinemas and repertory theatres. The three main tourist areas have casinos. Special purchases are copper, wooden and soapstone carvings, gameskin and leather products, pottery and basketwork. The following are a selection of events celebrated annually in Zimbabwe.