{"id":12134,"date":"2022-03-26T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-council-for-tourism-established"},"modified":"2022-03-28T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:22:14","slug":"lesotho-council-for-tourism-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-council-for-tourism-established","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho Council for Tourism established"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Lesotho Council for Tourism (LCT) was established at the two day workshop for tourism stakeholders together with a consultant from Uganda on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This establishment follows the identification of tourism sector as a strategic sector for growth of the economy and uplifting of the livelihoods in Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>LCT Chairperson Advocate Makhetha Mot\u0161oari disclosed that the Government of Lesotho in, its endeavor to enhance participation that the tourism sector players in the relevant markets, has with<\/p>\n<p>a view to ensure growth and sustainability of the individual tourism businesses employed the strategy of this apex body for tourism business sector. Advocate Mot\u0161oari indicated that the operational<\/p>\n<p>framework of LCT consists among other things: capacity building for associations under it, ensuring that associations under LCT get incentives and bringing business opportunities to all its member associations.<\/p>\n<p>He further unveiled that LCT Board is made up of 13 members who represent all stakeholder associations in the tourism sector. Furthermore, LCT Secretary Khabiso Nkune<\/p>\n<p>who is representing the Tour Operators Association of Lesotho said among the Board members there are representatives of: Lesotho Hotel and Hospitality<\/p>\n<p>Association, Tour Operators Association of Lesotho, Association of Travel Agents of Lesotho, Tour Guides Association, Lesotho Chefs Association, Quthing<\/p>\n<p>Wildlife Association, Events Association of Lesotho, to mention but a few. From the Lesotho Tourism Development Cooperation (LTDC), the Head of Investment Promotion Mamello Morojele said the<\/p>\n<p>preparations to finally establish LCT took a long time because in earlier years, the council encountered challenges of closure until LTDC received support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the Executive Directors<\/p>\n<p>(EDs) Project to resuscitate it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The Lesotho Council for Tourism (LCT) was established at the two day workshop for tourism stakeholders together with a consultant from Uganda on Thursday. This establishment follows the identification of tourism sector as a strategic sector for growth of the economy and uplifting of the livelihoods in Lesotho. 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