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Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands continue to amaze

A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS OF ZIMBABWE (Posted 13th June 2016) (The Orchid Centre at La Rochelle showcases the largest number of orchids in Southern Africa) Unlike on previous days was dawn yesterday a foggy and wet affair, probably the sort of weather one expects from Europe but certainly not in Zimbabwe, […]

Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands – Africa’s latest adventure destination

ZIMBABWE’S EASTERN HIGHLANDS – A HEAVEN FOR ADRENALINE JUNKIES (Posted 12th June 2016) (The view across the Eastern Highlands just before reaching the Aberfoyle Lodge) The Aberfoyle Lodge was the destination of my first day on safari in Zimbabwe and when I arrived, over 7 hours after leaving the capital Harare, was the long journey […]

Great Zimbabwe: The ‘Machu Picchu of Africa’ is an ancient site of mystery

  (Posted 26th April 2023)   By Harriet Akinyi     During one of his expeditions in the Zimbabwe highlands in 1867, Adam Render, a German-American hunter, found something astonishing. He saw a great structure that looked like a fortified city, surrounded by an array of hulking rocks in a barren landscape. He marvelled at the magnificent […]

#Zimbabwe Tourism welcomes new CEO

(Posted 09th June 2022) The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has announced the appointment of Ms. Winnie Muchanyuka as their new Chief Executive. This follows the retirement, due to ill health, of former long serving CEO Dr. Karikoga Kaseke. Ms. Muchanyuka is taking over from the Acting CEO Mr. Givemore Chidzidzi who has been steering the ship […]

ZTA TAKES DESTINATION ZIMBABWE TO AFRICA’S TRAVEL INDABA

(Posted 25th April 2022) Zimbabwe will be a part of Africa’s Travel Indaba (ATI) at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa from 02nd to 05th of May this year. The trade show makes a return after a two year hiatus due to the Covid 19 travel restrictions. Zimbabwe’s ZTA is […]

#Zimbabwe Tourism’s latest news updates

THE ZIMBABWE TOURISM AUTHORITY 2 0 2 1 | A P R I LEDIT I O N NEWSLETT R Zimbabwe Tourism Authority | Newsletter | 2021 2 . TOURISM SECTOR S HEEDS HIS EXCELLENCY’S VACCINATION CALL 3 . NEW PRESIDIUM FOR T TBCZ 4. RECOVERY EFFORTS THROUGH VIRTUAL MARKETING N 6. OLD BULAWAYO TO COME […]

#Sanganai in #Bulawayo set to be venue for #Zimbabwe’s Youth in Tourism conference

#SANGANAI2018 BRINGS FOCUS TO TOURISM’S NEXT GENERATION (Posted 16th July 2018) The Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Prisca Mupfumira last week revealed that a national conference for Youth in Tourism will be organized by her ministry. The meeting will take place alongside this year’s Sanganai Hlanganani World Tourism Expo which is scheduled to […]

#Zimbabwe Tourism launches ‘Destination Newsletters’

ZIMBABWE SHIFTS FOCUS TO PROMOTE MORE THAN VICTORIA FALLS AND GREAT ZIMBABWE (Posted 19th May 2018) Zimbabwe’s Tourism Authority has launched already its second ‘Destination Newslettter’ in order to promote some of the internationally lesser known destinations such as the Eastern Highlands but also Lake Kariba and the Zambezi Valley. http://www.zimbabwetourism.net/index.php/newsletters/ The format comes as […]

New Tourism Minister appointed in #Zimbabwe

NO HAPPY ENDING FOR WALTER MZEMBI AS HON. MUPFUMIRA PRICAH BECOMES NEW TOURISM MINISTER (Posted 01st December 2017) (The ruins of ‘Great Zimbabwe‘ are besides the Victoria Falls and the country’s national parks a must see attraction for visitors) When the announcements of new cabinet positions in Zimbabwe reached the media yesterday it was instantly […]

Zimbabwe makes a splash in the New Straits Times in Malaysia

ZIMBABWE MAKES HEADLINES IN MALAYSIA – GOOD HEADLINES … (Posted 15th December 2016) A fellow traveling writer or writing traveler, with whom I earlier this year shared a tour into the Zimbabwean Eastern Highlands, David Bowden, has just written and released another article about this trip. Published earlier today in the New Straits Times of […]

Quo Vadis Zimbabwe Tourism

CAPTURING THE TOURIST MARKET OFTEN REQUIRES THINKING OUT OF THE BOX (Posted 10th August 2016) The challenges of some countries in Africa, to establish themselves as major tourism destination, appear to be harder than those of others, and for a variety of reasons. Anti travel advisories, embargos, sleeping bureaucrats, failed marketing strategies, poor legislation and […]

The pretty sights of Zimbabwe

When last in Zimbabwe in June this year did I find myself in the company of a number of travel agents but also the company of a few travel writers, and in particular one who represented both groups, Sean Kelly, born in Zimbabwe and now living in the UK. Sean, a tour operator in the […]

Zimbabwe’s ancient ruins

ZIMBABWE IMPRESSES AS ALL KEY BOXES ARE TICKED (Posted 10th July 2016) (All pictures courtesy of Mr. David Bowden, Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia) Travel has many upsides, one of them, for me at least, to meet fellow travel writers, or writing travelers, equally keen to explore a destination and often seeing the same things with […]

Zimbabwe Tourism – seeking to reclaim lost ground

GREAT ZIMBABWE – IN ANY WHICH WAY (Posted 15th June 2016) Back in Zimbabwe for the first time in a year – scheduling conflicts made it impossible to attend the Harare International Carnival last September – I find myself faced with the same questions from readers: ‘Why Zimbabwe’ or ‘What is so special about Zimbabwe’ […]

Happy Easter Holidays – (Early) Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, First edition April 2013

AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome is the founder and publisher of ATCNews, Eastern Africa’s leading aviation, tourism and conservation news blog of its kind. Wolfgang has over 48 years of experience in the tourism, aviation and conservation fields in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, covering all aspects of safari-, hotel- and air-operations. 

The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

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