Jürgen Goetz (left), representing the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) at the International Trade Show for Caravaning, Motor and Tourism (CMT) in Stuttgart, Germany, speaks to a couple of prospective visitors at this year’s show. Europe’s largest and most important public fair on the tourism industry ended on Sunday after eight days of intense activities in Stuttgart’s recently inaugurated expo complex. Travel experts representing the country at the trade show were very satisfied with the turnout of potential tourists to Namibia at their respective stalls. While in the past Namibia’s companies have been accommodated at one central stall organised and managed by the NTB, the 2008 show was different. For the first time, the local operators had to hire their own floorspace because the NTB had decided not to organise a national stall. While the country remains popular among exotic tourist destinations, some would-be tourist seemed to be rather disorganised or naïve, with most falling prey to the misbelief that they could just board a plane and fly into Namibia without planning their trip.