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Emirates inks deal with the Seychelles Tourism Board
Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seychelles Tourism Board at Expo 2020. The agreement reaffirms the airline’s commitment to the island-nation and outlines joint initiatives to promote trade and tourism to the country.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Ahmed Khoory, Emirate… read more
Cape Town set to make strong recovery in 2021/22 following pandemic shut down
Cape Town looks set to make a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2021/22 cruise season, with 32 cruise ships calls expected.
The 32 scheduled cruise ship calls will primarily be made by ships homeporting in South Africa for the summer cruise season between November, 2021 and March, 2022.
The So… read more
How Sh90 billion for tourism revival split key Ppayers
Nearly $39 — 2 million (about Sh90 billion) of funds allocated by the government to mitigate the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industry has starkly divided key stakeholders over priority investment areas.
The funds are part of the $567.25 million loan approved in September by the International Monetary F… read more
Namibia launches the "Trusted Travel System"
The Government of Namibia has announced the launch of the Trusted Travel System (TT) in Namibia. The TT was intro… read more
Kenya's Angama Mara launches new guest area with Map Room
Angama Mara, the award-winning luxury safari lodge perched cliffside overlooking Kenya’s Maasai Mara, has created a new Map Room to give guests a deeper understanding of the Mara, Kenya and East Africa. Comprising more than 60 maps, books, photography and artifacts, the Map Room is somewhere quiet for guests to spend time between g… read more
Mozambique has further eased some of the preventive measures!
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi announced in an address to the nation on 24 October 2021 the further easing of several preventive meas… read more
UK Tto remove remaining countries from red COVID-19 travel list
The British government announced on Thursday that the remaining seven countries on its red travel list would be removed early on Monday.
After the change takes effect at 4 a.m. local time (0400GMT) on Monday, arrivals in the UK from Colombia, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador will no longer h… read more
Cape Town to launch international campaign to attract more foreign visitors
The City of Cape Town says it will be launching an international campaign in the coming months to showcase the Mother City’s splendour and attract more foreign visitors. This forms part… read more
Rwanda among safest countries for Solo Travellers
Rwanda has been ranked sixth among the top 10 safest countries for solo travellers in the world. It is the only African country on the list.
The ranking by usebounce.com in order to help travellers to choose their future solo vacation spot.
The website which offers luggage storage around the world reported that it has b… read more
Cabo Verde: Government to invest 50 million Euros in Tourism
The Prime Minister of Cabo Verde Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva has revealed plans by his government to invest 50 million euros in the tourism sector in the next five years.
This is part of the strategies to accelerate the recovery efforts of the country. The premier made this statement at the opening of the Cape Verde Inter… read more
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