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A total of 8,121 tourism bookings were cancelled in two Mozambican provinces and around 200 million meticais (€2.9 million) have been lost due to the post-election demonstrations
A total of 8,121 tourism bookings were cancelled in two Mozambican provinces and around 200 million meticais (€2.9 million) have been lost due to the post-election demonstrations, different sources announced on Monday.
Ludgero Gemo, provincial director of Culture and Tourism in Maputo, said that the demonstrations, called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, also forced the cancellation of some festivals in Maputo. The tourism sector in the country is currently trying to ‘reinvent itself’.
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In Inhambane province, also in southern Mozambique, at least 121 bookings had been cancelled by Saturday. There are resorts in the province which did not report any cancellations.
