WINDHOEK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Namibian state owned enterprise, mandated to run the tourism facilities within the country, Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has started a sensitization campaign to encourage tourists to make use of debit/credit cards, when making payments for bookings or any services provided at the facilities.

The enterprise embarked on this campaign after noting the risks associated with carrying cash around to make payments, said NWR Chief Financial Officer, Talita Horn on Wednesday.

"We do realize that we cannot entirely operate without cash being a means of payment, but we would encourage international and domestic clients to make use of alternative payment methods as this reduces their transactional costs as well as the risk of theft," she added.

According to Horn, with the increase of tourists traveling to the country's establishments, the team has worked tirelessly to ensure that there are sufficient card terminal points to make payments from.

"We hope that with these terminal points being placed at critical areas, our visitors will never have to carry cash to make use of our services or any purchases at our camps/resorts," said NWR Information Officer, Martin Kantika.