Tourism and environment minister Willem Konjore praised Namibia’s private tourism industry for embracing broad-based black economic empowerment and said his ministry and the Cabinet were aware of the concerted efforts. Konjore opened a one-day tourism meeting organised by the Federation of Namibian Tourism Associations (FENATA) in Windhoek this week. A year ago, the private tourism industry voluntarily agreed on a transformation charter to enable previously disadvantaged Namibians deeper penetration in tourism. More training, better salaries, co-ownership, profit sharing and partnerships are taking place, a report said, in which questionnaires of tourism companies on BEE were analysed.