On 27 March 2020, as the entire world was facing the advancing pandemic, and before we knew to what degree these changes would impact us, David Cartwright, CEO of ATI Holidays, was checking in passengers for a flight out of Windhoek that he wasn’t sure would take off. International borders were closing and the airport was shut. But, working with the then British High Commissioner Kate Airey, her deputy Charlotte Fenton and Westair Aviation, David helped to get over 50 British citizens out of Namibia and back home to the UK.
Since the dust settled on the long dirt roads leading to the country’s rural areas, Namibia’s tourism sector and its partners have worked hard to ensure that the community and conservation efforts that have been built over the last thirty years remain intact, protected and even strengthened.
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