The Tourism Minister, Barbara Rwodzi, stated the upgraded Beitbridge Border Post is boosting tourism growth. The three hundred million dollar renovation has created faster, more automated systems that are impressing regional and international travelers. Minister Rwodzi highlighted the permanent separation of traffic into dedicated lanes for commercial vehicles, buses, light vehicles, and pedestrians as a major improvement. This setup, along with online management systems and electronic immigration gates, has drastically cut processing times.
Travelers with proper documents now move through in under twenty minutes, a significant drop from the previous delays that could last over a day. The Minister, who is currently on a working visit during the peak festive travel period, praised the coordination among border agencies like ZIMRA and the Zimborders Consortium. She noted the government's focus on seamless travel to welcome diaspora visitors and support the country's ease of doing business agenda. Immigration officials reported processing hundreds of thousands of travelers this month, with numbers expected to rise closer to Christmas.
Travelers with proper documents now move through in under twenty minutes, a significant drop from the previous delays that could last over a day. The Minister, who is currently on a working visit during the peak festive travel period, praised the coordination among border agencies like ZIMRA and the Zimborders Consortium. She noted the government's focus on seamless travel to welcome diaspora visitors and support the country's ease of doing business agenda. Immigration officials reported processing hundreds of thousands of travelers this month, with numbers expected to rise closer to Christmas.
