Editing Economy of Botswana (section)

==Tourism==
{{main|Tourism in Botswana}}[[Tourism]] is an increasingly important industry in Botswana, accounting for approximately 13.1% of GDP in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-09 |title=Botswana Tourism Industry Report 2021 - ResearchAndMarkets.com |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210209005667/en/Botswana-Tourism-Industry-Report-2021---ResearchAndMarkets.com |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref> However, {{as of|2024|February|pre=}}, it was reported to be less than 10%.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-28 |title=Botswana - Travel and Tourism |url=https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/botswana-travel-and-tourism |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.trade.gov |language=en}}</ref> One of the world's unique ecosystems, the [[Okavango Delta]], is located in Botswana.<ref name="Background 2002" /> The country offers game viewing and birding both in the Delta and in the [[Chobe National Park]]—home to one of the largest herds of free-ranging elephants in the world.<ref name="Background 2002" /> Botswana's [[Central Kalahari Game Reserve]] also offers game viewing and some of the remotest and most unspoiled wilderness in southern Africa.<ref name="Background 2002" />

A number of national parks and game reserves, with their abundant wildlife and wetlands, are major tourist attractions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Botswana Wildlife National Parks & Reserves |url=https://www.botswanasafarisokavangodelta.com/parks-reserves |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=AfricanMecca Safaris |language=en-US}}</ref>

The main [[safari]] destinations for tourism are [[Moremi Game Reserve]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moremi Game Reserve: Botswana's wildlife haven for an unmatched safari experience |url=https://www.moremi.com/index.php |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Moremi.com |language=en}}</ref> in the Okavango Delta, and [[Chobe National Park]]. Botswana is also participating in community-based natural resource management projects by trying to involve villagers in tourism. One example is the village of [[Khwai]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khwai Community Area |url=https://africanbushcamps.com/destinations/botswana/khwai-community-area/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=African Bush Camps |language=en-US}}</ref> and its Khwai Development Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khwai Development Trust |url=http://www.khwaitrust.co.bw/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Khwai Development Trust |language=en}}</ref>

Botswana was the setting for the 1980 movie ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]'', although the movie was mostly filmed in South Africa.
The [[The Amazing Race 7|seventh season]] of ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' visited Botswana. Tourism has been stimulated by the [[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|series of detective novels]] by [[Alexander McCall Smith]] and the American dramatisation that followed them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1984-10-28 |title=FILM VIEW; IS 'THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY' ONLY A COMEDY? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/28/arts/film-view-is-the-gods-must-be-crazy-only-a-comedy.html |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>