Cabo Verde opens to international tourists in July
The West African Island country of Cabo Verde will from next July, open its borders to international visitors and tourists. The country depends heavily on tourism as a catalyst for […]
Kenya turns to virtual Safari campaign to showcase wildlife offering
Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala has today officially launched a virtual Safari live stream campaign to showcase game safaris in some of the parks and reserves across […]
Building Bridges for Sustainable Tourism in Africa – GTA, Brighton University take the lead
Photo: CEO of GTA, Akwasi Agyeman The tourism industry is one of the worse impacted sectors by the COVID19 and according to UNWTO (2020), it is expected that the crisis […]
No decision yet on SAA Business Rescue Proposal – SA Government
The Public Enterprises Department says it has received a draft Business Rescue Plan for South African Airways, which is under business rescue. The department’s spokesperson, Sam Mkokeli, on Monday said […]
Ghana caps event admissions at 100 as gov’t rolls out phase one to ease Covid-19 restrictions
The Government of Ghana has announced a maximum of hundred persons will be allowed to attend events such as conferences and workshops from June 5 as it begins the first […]
Kenya’s STTA and University of Brighton (UK) join forces to address SMEs’ challenges amid COVID19 crisis
Photo: Judy Kepher-Gona and Marina Novelli during their first collaboration on assessing the impact of travel philanthropy at Basecamp Masai Mara in 2011. According to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (2020), […]
Op-ed :Africans say it is time to travel within the continent but reality is the opposite, we must fix the gaps first
Photo: Mohammed Hersi (Author and Chair of kTF) & Kojo Bentum-Williams, Publisher of VoyagesAfriq at ITB in 2018 Last year in November I travelled to neighboring Madagascar which is lately […]
Covid-19: Kenya’s National Tourism and Hospitality Task-Force revealed
In a coordinated response towards the recovery of the tourism sector in Kenya, a 17-member Taskforce has been formed under the direction of the Cabinet Secretary of Tourism and Wildlife […]
Seychelles issues ”Safety Travel Guidelines” ahead of June 1 Boarder opening
The Department of Tourism in Seychelles has issued its ‘Seychelles Safety Travel Guidelines’ preceding the re-opening of its borders scheduled on June 1, 2020. The guidelines, based on the advice […]