Zimbabweans are hoping a steady return of tourists will help jolt its economy towards recovery.
With the Victoria Falls as one of its major attractions, the country had 1.4 visitors in 1999.
But numbers took a plunge in 2000 following unrest related to the land-redistribution policy implemented by President Robert Mugabe.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"