A 39-year-old resident of the Zambezi Region charged with the rape of a 60-year-old tourist near a tourist establishment in 2021 has denied any guilt for the crime when he appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrates Court on Friday.

Tourist arrivals in Namibia have made a remarkable recovery of 28.9% following the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

International tourist arrivals at Sossusvlei have increased in 2022 compared to the past two years.

The COVID-19 pandemic wrecked the sector, and there will be no tourist arrivals in 2020.

Sossusvlei in southern Namibia is internationally famous for having spectacular landscapes.