Tourism is a major growth sector in the Namibian economy and protected areas are of strategic importance to the tourism sector and the Namibian economy as a whole. Consequently, for Namibian Wildlife Resorts and others operating within our Protected Areas (PAs) to compete effectively with wildlife tourism destinations elsewhere in Africa, it is essential that visitors to our PAs are provided with a pristine, tranquil and safe environment. A prerequisite to maintaining an environment of this nature in PAs is to limit and manage the number, activities and conduct of people visiting, overnighting and/or residing permanently in these areas. In this regard, the housing and other infrastructure required for accommodating and otherwise meeting the needs of such people also needs be limited, managed and carefully planned. This applies particularly to staff and other people residing permanently in our PAs and, most especially, when their housing is situated closely adjacent to tourism resorts or lodges.