Copper festival grows in popularity25 000 visitors The Tsumeb Copper Festival is growing in prominence as about 25 000 people visited this year. About 25 000 people visited the Copper Festival this year. It opened on 31 October and closed on Saturday at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region. The chairperson of the organising committee, Julius Gaeseb, told Nampa that the Tsumeb municipality hosted the festival for the 14th time this year but it was the first time that visitors were required to pay an entrance fee of N$5.
Gaeseb said this was partly to keep visitor statistics. “The festival was generally a resounding success and we are happy that the people of Namibia have supported our festival,” he said.
He said vendors were happy, as the festival created a conducive environment for them to do good business.
“No crime was reported, every exhibitor is satisfied and everyone is happy with the revenue they have generated,” the chairperson said.
He said the festival aims to expose the potential of the northern copper-mining town of Tsumeb in terms of tourism and commercial services, as well as to advocate unity for the people of the town.
“It also brings together exhibitors from all corners of Namibia and beyond to interact and engage into business network,” Gaeseb said.
A total of 190 exhibitors participated in the festival this year, including foreign traders from Angola, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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