“Out of this number of delegates, 35,000 rooms of accommodation have already been contracted out and since the process will go on until 2010, Malawi stand a chance,” said Katopola on his way back from a day-long Regional Tourism for Southern Africa ( RETOSA) meeting.
He said there is also a possibility that others might want to take a breather away from the "rainbow nation" after some games.
The only hurdle Malawi could face is that tickets for fans are being sold in one package.
“Since the package included tickets for the match, air travel, ground transfers, accommodation and neighbouring countries that they want to visit, this could be Malawi's undoing,” he complained.
Katopola said they have however, requested contracts for accommodation from a company known as MATCH which is jointly working with FIFA in selling the tour package.
