Somalian Tourism Champion receives continental award in Kigali
Yasir Mohamed Baffo a prominent young personality in the field of tourism in Somalia, recently today he was in Rwanda for a special visit that his marked his 10th visits. […]
Experts Forecast: African Tourism Priorities for 2020
All too soon, the curtains will be drawn for the year 2019 with fireworks welcoming 2020 amidst the New Year’s Eve parties ushering us into another great year. As has […]
Suspended CEO of South African Tourism cleared of any wrongdoing and set to return after festive season
The substantive CEO of the South African Tourism, Sisa Ntshona is expected to return to the office after the festive season break. The SA Tourism Board announced this after an […]
Keeping More Tourism Spend in Destinations is Crucial for Sustainable Tourism Development
The global travel, tourism and hospitality industry is changing at an ever-faster pace. The internet has caused a paradigm shift in traveller behaviour. New market players, business models, value chains […]
Zimbabwe: Team Tourism Clears the Air On Vic Falls
VICTORIA Falls is not dry and the seasonal low water levels have not affected tourist arrivals, stakeholders in the industry have said. Stakeholders in the tourism industry, who included officials […]
Unabridged Birth Certificate waiver a boost for tourism: Minister Kubayi-Ngubane
The Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has welcomed the scrapping of unabridged birth certificates, a positive development ahead of the festive season as this could spurn much needed growth in […]
UNWTO puts on the map its Agenda for Africa and Rural Tourism perspective at a key continental workshop in South Africa
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has shared with experts and international development stakeholders in Johannesburg, South Africa, its vision and action plan for the tourism sector in Africa at the […]
Tanzania on course to achieving 2 million tourists by 2020
Tanzania has set a target to receive 2 million tourists by 2020; to this effect, a number of initiatives have been put in place to guarantee that it happens. And […]
South Africa: Tourism Minister to embark on roadshow to China and Japan
South Africa is intensifying its efforts to grow arrivals from the Asia Pacific region with Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane scheduled to visit China and Japan, two of South Africa’s […]