LUSAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Rupiah Banda has said his administration is working hard to enhance the tourism policy framework in an effort to promote growth of the industry, Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) reported on Sunday.

President Banda said the tourism policy would be enhanced to facilitate the effective management of wildlife as part of efforts to develop the sector.

The president said the government would not re-invent the strategy that other countries have successfully applied of using wildlife as a driver to tourism growth and overall economic development, according to ZANIS.

Banda was speaking in an interview with ZANIS when he viewed a game in South Luangwa National Park, in southern Zambia.

Banda said he is happy with the status of wildlife in the park, adding that more foreign and local tourists should be encouraged to visit South Luangwa National Park and other game parks in the country.

Banda, who is in Mfuwe on a working holiday, said more efforts will be channeled to encourage investment in areas surrounding national parks as a measure of increasing foreign exchange earnings from the wildlife industry.