Zimbabwe

===Tourism===
{{Main|Tourism in Zimbabwe}}
[[File:Victoria Falls aerial view September 2003.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Victoria Falls]], the end of the upper [[Zambezi]] and the beginning of the middle Zambezi]]
Since the [[Land reform in Zimbabwe|land reform programme]] in 2000, tourism in Zimbabwe has steadily declined. In 2018, tourism peaked with 2.6&nbsp;million tourists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/zimbabwe-2018-tourist-arrivals-peak-26million/|title=Zimbabwe 2018 tourist arrivals peak 2,6 million|date=17 March 2019|website=The Sunday News}}</ref> In 2016, the total contribution of tourism to Zimbabwe was $1.1 billion (USD), or about 8.1% of Zimbabwe's GDP. Employment in travel and tourism, as well as the industries indirectly supported by travel and tourism, was 5.2% of national employment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wttc.org/-/media/files/reports/economic-impact-research/countries-2017/zimbabwe2017.pdf|title=Travel and tourism: Economic impact 2017 Zimbabwe|date=March 2017|work=[[World Travel and Tourism Council|WTTC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114420/https://www.wttc.org/-/media/files/reports/economic-impact-research/countries-2017/zimbabwe2017.pdf|archive-date=10 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Several airlines pulled out of Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2007. Australia's [[Qantas]], Germany's [[Lufthansa]], and [[Austrian Airlines]] were among the first to pull out and in 2007 [[British Airways]] suspended all direct flights to Harare.<ref name="tourism">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1220218.stm|title=Sun sets on Zimbabwe tourism|author=Machipisa, Lewis|access-date=16 November 2007|work=BBC News|date=14 March 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/29/wairways129.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130233121/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F10%2F29%2Fwairways129.xml |archive-date=30 November 2007 |title=British Airways abandons flights to Zimbabwe |author=Berger, Sebastien |access-date=16 November 2007 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, UK |date=29 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The country's flagship airline, [[Air Zimbabwe]], which operated flights throughout Africa and a few destinations in Europe and Asia, ceased operations in February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sibanda|first=Tichaona|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201202231437.html|title=Zimbabwe: Air Zimbabwe Vanishes From the Skies Indefinitely|website=allAfrica.com|date=23 February 2012|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref>{{update inline|date=August 2017}} As of 2017, several major commercial airlines had resumed flights to Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe has several major tourist attractions. Victoria Falls on the Zambezi, which are shared with Zambia, are located in the north-west of Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is considered to be the largest waterfall in the world.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Zimbabwe geography, maps, climate, environment and terrain from Zimbabwe {{!}} - CountryReports |url=https://www.countryreports.org/country/Zimbabwe/geography.htm |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.countryreports.org}}</ref> Before the economic changes, much of the tourism for these locations came to the Zimbabwe side, but now Zambia is the main beneficiary. The [[Victoria Falls National Park]] is also in this area and is one of the eight main national parks in Zimbabwe,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbabwetourism.net/index.php/where-to-go/destinations/hwange-national-park|title=Zimbabwe Tourism Authority|website=zimbabwetourism.net|access-date=16 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203100122/http://www.zimbabwetourism.net/index.php/where-to-go/destinations/hwange-national-park|archive-date=3 December 2007}}</ref> the largest of which is [[Hwange National Park]]. Lake Kariba, another site for tourism, is the largest reservoir in the world.<ref name=":5" />

The Eastern Highlands are a series of mountainous areas near the border with Mozambique. The highest peak in Zimbabwe, [[Mount Nyangani]] at {{convert|2,593|m|ft|abbr=on}} is located there as well as the [[Bvumba Mountains]] and the [[Nyanga National Park]]. [[World's View, Nyanga|World's View]] is in these mountains, and it is from here that places as far away as {{convert|60|–|70|km|mi|abbr=on}} are visible and, on clear days, the town of [[Rusape]] can be seen.

Zimbabwe is unusual in Africa in that there are a number of ancient and medieval ruined cities built in a unique [[dry stone]] style. Among the most famous of these are the Great Zimbabwe ruins in Masvingo. Other ruins include [[Khami]], [[Dhlo-Dhlo]] and [[Naletale]]. The Matobo Hills are an area of granite [[kopjes]] and wooded valleys commencing some {{convert|22|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} south of Bulawayo in southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over two billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface, then being eroded to produce smooth "whaleback dwalas" and broken kopjes, strewn with boulders and interspersed with thickets of vegetation. Mzilikazi, founder of the Ndebele nation, gave the area its name, meaning 'Bald Heads'. They have become a tourist attraction because of their ancient shapes and local wildlife. Cecil Rhodes and other early white colonists like [[Leander Starr Jameson]] are buried in these hills at World's View.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zimbabwe.safari.co.za/spirit-of-zimbabwe.html|title=Zimbabwe: The Spirit of Matobo|work=zimbabwe.safari.co.za|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101100547/http://zimbabwe.safari.co.za/spirit-of-zimbabwe.html |archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref>