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Egypt to reinstate entry visa fee
Egyptian ports in the Red Sea, South Sinai, Luxor and Aswan have started collecting entry visa fees to the country amounting to $25 (about R350) per passenger, according to Egypt Independent.
The publication reported on Wednesday that the decision followed the end of the exemption period announced by the cabinet. According to Egypt … read more
Ranking: Cape Town has Africa's bluest sky!
According to a study conducted by Australian money exchange service S Money, Cape Town in South Africa has Africa's bluest sky and the world's 13t… read more
Namibia/Botswana: The Ngoma/Kasane Border Post has been re-opened to the public
Namibia's Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safery and Security (MHAISS) … read more
Seychelles & UAE Open 'Travel Corridor' for Covid-vaccinated travellers
Seychelles and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) established a new travel corridor for vaccinated travellers between the two countries as part of bilateral cooperation and recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Signed late last week, the agreement acknowledges mutual recognition of vaccination certificates issued by health author… read more
Algeria will partially reopen its borders on June 1 after more than a year of closure
Algeria was one of the first African countries to completely close its borders at the first signs of the pandemic. The measure, further justified by its geographical proximity to Europe, has remained in force since then.
More than a year later, the country is finally losing weight. Algeria's air and land borders will be partially … read more
Ghana’s Tourism Ministry inks GHS100 million compact deal
Ghana’s Ministry of Finance has signed a compact agreement for post Covid-19 transformation with the Ministry of Tourism under the … read more
Seven things businesspeople should know about the DRC
With a surface area equivalent to that of Western Europe, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. It is rich in many mineral resources such as cobalt and copper. The DRC also has an abundance of hydropower potential thanks to the Congo River, around 80 million hectares of arable land and is hom… read more
Travel to Seychelles uninterrupted despite strict health measures
Travellers’ journeys to the Seychelles continue uninterrupted as more visitors from the world over seek refuge in the spectacular island getaway.
The islands remain safe for travel despite a rise in community Covid-19 cases which has prompted tighter health measures this week.
The measures do not in any way affect a visitor’s … read more
South Africa to introduce new e-visas this year
The Department of Home Affairs plans to extend its e-visa programme to a number of countries in 2021 in a potential boost for the tourism industry.
Presenting to parliament last week, the department said that the rollout of the e-visa system by the end of the 2021/22 financial year would be subject to lockdown regulations … read more
Difficult to reach Zanzibar
The absence of Mango Airlines’ direct flights between Johannesburg and Zanzibar reduces the appeal of this tropical island which was seeing an uptick in the number of South African holidaymakers travelling to this destination amid the global pandemic. Mango Airlines announced that it would suspend all flights to the Indian Ocean is… read more
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