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" In global terms Africa, and Southern Africa in particular, is a small player in travel and tourism.

With little over 3 % of world tourist arrivals ( and less than 2 % if one excludes South Africa ) Africa remains an undeveloped market in global terms.

In the year 2000 only 10 million visitors came to countries in the region of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ).

Using the overall SADC figures as a comparative benchmark, an even smaller number came to Malawi – 219, 000 in 1998, 254, 000 in 1999 and 222, 526 in 2000.

Despite these small numbers, the number of visitors has doubled over the last decade.