The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has shut down at least 28 facilities across seven cities in an ongoing blitz against unregistered tourism facilities operating within the sector.<\/p>\n
ZTA’s operation is targeting AirBnBs, lodges and restaurants that are operating without paying licenses or registration fees.<\/p>\n
Nine were shutdown in Gweru, five in Marondera, four in Mutare, three in Bulawayo, Masvingo and Harare and one in Chinhoyi.<\/p>\n
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Follow us on WhatsApp<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a> for the latest headlines<\/p>\n “This decisive move comes as part of the government’s effort to regularize the tourism industry and ensure compliance with national regulations,” said ZTA.<\/p>\n “Non-compliance with this notice will lead to the closure of their establishments, marking a strict stance on unauthorised operations.”<\/p>\n According to renowned publication, Equity Axis, Zimbabwe’s domestic and international tourism market is at an all-time high, with locals accounting for 87% of hotel occupancy by early 2026.<\/p>\n Zimbabwe received 1.6 million international tourists in 2024, translating to US$1.2 billion in tourism receipts.<\/p>\n “In a bid to facilitate compliance, the Zimbabwean government has reduced license and registration fees, promoting an ease of doing business within the sector,” added ZTA.<\/p>\n “To further encourage compliance, the ZTA is actively inviting whistleblowers to report unregistered facilities.<\/p>\n “With widespread cooperation from operators, the Zimbabwe tourism sector can thrive, offering safe and legally registered facilities that cater to the needs of tourists from around the globe.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has shut down at least 28 facilities across seven cities in an ongoing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[63,83,265,262,362,96,261,267,264,263,266,9231,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-119024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-current-events","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-legal-and-judicial-affairs","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-southern-africa","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-trade","18":"tag-travel","19":"tag-travel-and-tourism","20":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116180106780137884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}