Africa
Travel Association
Zambia Chapter
Enzio
Rossi of Lusaka, Zambia is President of the Africa
Travel Association's Zambia Chapter and was
Chairman of the ATA 27th International Congress in
Conakry, Guinea. Born in Biella, Northern Italy in
1942, Mr. Rossi trained and worked in Italy,
Switzerland and the British Isles before moving to
Zambia in 1978. With a long career in the hotel and
tourism industry, he is deeply committed to public
service in the fields of health and education; to
the Catholic church, and to the Italian community
in Zambia. Rossi was appointed Cavaliere or "Knight
of the Republic" by the President of Italy in 1994,
and serves as Honorary Consul for Hungary. "Keep
striving for service achievement," is his personal
motto. Photo: Mr. Rossi (left) with Mira Berman,
ATA Executive Director at 2002 ATA
Congress.
 Zambia
Tourism Profile: The
name "Zambia"
is derived from the Zambezi River, which forms the
country's southern boundary, and flows down from
its Northwest border with Angola. Other neighbors
are Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
Botswana and Namibia. Zambia is deep in the heart
of Africa, a land of unspoiled forests, Savannah
and vast plains. Zambia showcases the wonders of
Africa with teeming wildlife,
natural riches and a colorful culture. The 3
booklets on the left are available free from Zambia
Tourism (contacts
below)
 While
the capital city, Lusaka, has a population of over
2 million, you'll enjoy wide open spaces in most of
the country, which has one of the lowest ratios of
population to land in all of Africa, and an
abundance of national parks. Zambia is about half
the size of Europe - and is mainly a high plateau,
with isolated mountain ridges rising to 6000 ft. or
more. Much of the topography is flat, broken by
small hills. Considerable mineral wealth lies in a
90 mile long Copper belt located in the
northwest.
(Click
for larger map)
Zambia's three great natural lakes are Lake
Tanganyika, second deepest natural lake in the
world, plus Bangweulu and Mweru. Lake Kariba on the
southern border, the largest man made lake in
Africa, flows from the historic, spectacular
Victoria Falls .
Its generally high elevation
provides Zambia with a more pleasant climate than
that experienced in most tropical countries, with
three basic seasons - cool and dry from May to
August, hot and dry from September to November,
warm and wet from December to April.
- We thank the Zambian
Ambassador to Ethiopia, whom we met at the
recent ATA 25th Congress for the information on
this page, which includes the large, attractive
tourism map. Watch for more features on people,
customs and culture,
regional transportation and air connections from
the USA and Canada. Featured
above is the front cover of a brochure available
from Ethiopian
Airlines,
which has regular scheduled flights to Zambia.
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- F
 or
information in North America,
- ZAMBIA
NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICE
- 800
Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
- Tel:
(212) 972-7200, Fax: (212) 972-7360
website: www.africa-insites.com/zambia
-
ATA Headquarters (212)
447-1926,
mailto:africatravelasso@aol.com
Photos
Credits: Zambia Office of Tourism/ Robert Eilets
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