Entry date extended for new category in the WTM Africa Travel & Tourism Awards
Cape Town, 8 February 2021 – The submission deadline for ‘Reigniting Africa’ entries has been extended until June 30 giving African travel and tourism stakeholders an additional four months to […]
Seychelles makes ringing changes to overseas operations
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) has announced various changes to its overseas operation given the ongoing pandemic and its economic impact on the country. In a press statement, the Archipelago […]
Leading the Global Tourism Sector towards Recovery; Zurab Pololikashvili walks the talk
It’s getting boring having to overly elaborate on the exceedingly troubling effects of the coronavirus on the tourism sector but as it has always been the way of telling the […]
Support for Tourism SMEs part of larger recovery strategy for Republic of Congo- Tourism Minister
Those who haven’t already folded up are merely hanging on by the thread. Taking her turn on the VA Tourism Podcast, Republic of Congo’s Tourism and Environment Minister, Arlette Soudan-Nonault […]
Ghana’s Parliament passes Creative Arts Bill into law
Ghana’s Parliament has passed the country’s “Creative Arts Industry Bill” into into law. This will come as a sigh of relief for industry players after years of advocacy for the […]
Latest UNWTO Barometer shows 72% decline in International Tourist Arrivals
International arrivals fell by 72% over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain the COVID-19 virus, all contributing […]
South Africa: Department of Tourism invests in Innovation
The Department of Tourism is set to introduce a programme that will stimulate and encourage innovation in the travel sector. The department, in collaboration with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), […]
Final VoyagesAfriq Travel Magazine edition for 2020 out with relevant stories from all over Africa
In keeping up with the tradition of providing unrivalled tourism and travel news content, the final VoyagesAfriq Travel Magazine publication for the year 2020 is out with recovery strategies and […]
Portugal hosts UNWTO Crisis Committee on Harmonization of Cross-Border Travel Procedures
The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has met for the last time in 2020, to continue advancing coordination and cooperation among all parts of the sector. The virtual meeting of the […]