Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 23/01/2023 19:58

FiturNext 2023 unveils “Towards a regenerative tourism” report

• Attractions
• 23/01/2023 19:57

Karoo National Park: Embezweni Cottage temporarily closed

South African National Parks (SANParks) just announced that the Embezweni Cottage in the Karoo National Park in … read more

• Destinations
• 23/01/2023 19:52

Tanzania puts Tourism, Farming and Forestry in Spot Light

Today we witness particularly hard times for the entire world because no country -- poor and rich -- has been spared of inflation. The argument by experts is that effects of COVD-19 -- let alone other adverse economic conditions that prevailed before the pandemic broke out -- have spared no country and that these effects have smash the US econom… read more

• Destinations
• 23/01/2023 19:52

Kenya eyes a larger piece of the Indian tourism market

Kenya has unveiled a fresh bid to increase the number of tourists visiting from India as the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) leads travel trade members to this year's Outbound Travel Mart (OTM) tourism fair in the country.

The expo to be held at the Jio World Convention Centre, in Mumbai from February 2-4, will bring together exhib… read more

• Destinations
• 23/01/2023 19:50

Ghana makes impressive showing at FITUR 2023

Ghana’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has led a delegation comprising officials of the Ministry, the Ghana Tourism Authority and tourism and travel businesses in the private sector to this year’s FITUR in Madrid, Spain.

While there, the Minister has had meetings with internationa… read more

• Flights
• 21/01/2023 08:08

Libye : Kuwait's ALAFCO places another A320 with Berniq Airways, the fifth in the fleet

Launched in March 2021, Berniq Airways is currently one of Libya's most dynamic airlines. In parallel with the expansion of its international network, the Benghazi-based carrier continues to add to its homogeneous fleet of Airbus A320s.

• Flights
• 21/01/2023 08:06

TAAG Angola Airlines to unveil new wide-body aircraft order by June 2023

TAAG Angola Airlines wants to further develop its long-haul network, especially to Europe and South America. To support its ambition, the Angolan carrier, which is awaiting privatisation, is already working on a plan to rejuvenate its wide-body Boeing 777 fleet, some of which is over 16 years old.

• Miscellaneous
• 21/01/2023 08:04

23 African countries attended FITUR 2023

A total of twenty-three (23) countries from Africa participated in this year’s FITUR in Madrid, Spain.

Participation from these countries will include state tourism ministries, boards, private sector businesses, organisations and individual travel and tourism stakeholders.

Fitur is a global benchmark event in the tourism sect… read more

• Destinations
• 21/01/2023 08:01

Botswana/South Africa: Three border posts currently inaccessible

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), the revenue service and a government agency of the Botswana government, just informed the public that there is traffic disruptio… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 21/01/2023 07:59

Africa’s Growth to Outpace Global Forecast in 2023-2024

Africa is set to outperform the rest of the world in economic growth over the next two years, with real gross domestic product (GDP) averaging around 4% in 2023 and 2024.

This is higher than projected global averages of 2.7% and 3.2%, the African Development Bank Group said in  Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outl… read more