The Swazi public have been banned from visiting the new King Mswati III Airport in Swaziland in case they wear out floor tiles in the passenger lounge.
The no-visitors directive has been issued by the Swaziland Civil Aviation Authority (SWACAA). The airport, formerly known as Sikhuphe, was opened in March 2014, but no commercial flights have used it and none are planned.
The cost so far of the airport is E3 billion (US$300 million), much of the money came from the Swazi taxpayer.
King Mswati III, who rules Swaziland as sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, issued a directive that the airport should remain in sublime condition.
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