British High Commissioner to Malawi, Fiona Richie says Rumphi district has a lot of potential in attracting tourists to the district who would help improve economic activities in the district and the country at large.
Richie made the remarks on Thursday when she visited Rumphi District Council to engage the council’s leadership on various issues and the headquarters of Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe in Bolero to pay a courtesy call on the traditional leader of the Tumbuka people.
“Rumphi is an incredibly beautiful part of Malawi. I think with good infrastructure it would be easier for tourists to come here. I think Nyika National Park is a real asset to the country. It is beautiful. It has on offer what you don’t see in other places,” she said.
District Commissioner for Rumphi, Emmanuel Bulukutu says tourism is one of the council’s strategic areas aimed at improving the district’s economic well-being to help Malawi attain 2063’s upper middle-income status.
Bulukutu also shared the council’s plans to have an industrial park in the district to promote value addition to crops such as soya and groundnuts among others.
By Manasse Nyirenda, MANA
