Kenya’s IAN CRAIG gets OBE for his conservation work
Your monthly update from NRT KENYAN CONSERVATIONIST IAN CRAIG AWARDED ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE) Northern Kenya’s Ian Craig was awarded a prestigious Order of the British Empire last week by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to conservation and security to communities in Kenya. The Queen’s Birthday Honours list was published on […]
Dates named for second Tanzania Rwanda Trade Forum
The 2nd edition of the Tanzania Rwanda Trade Forum will be held in May next year in Dar es Salaam – be part of it to explore and exploit growing business opportunities between the two countries. For more information Contact General +255767123055 @tanzaniarwanda Tanzania Rwanda Trade Forum 2017 Tanzania Rwanda Trade Forum P.O.Box 10684 Dar […]
Latest News from Zambia Tourism
Everything you need to know about Tourism in Zambia! Explore The Real Africa We have all the latest news from Zambia that you need to hear about! Remember that if you have any articles or news stories that you think we need to hear about on Zambia Tourism, please submit. South Luangwa: Seasonal hotspot June […]
Save the Date: UNWTO & WTM Minister’s Summit & Reception 9 November 2016
Rift Valley Railways continues with key management appointments
JORAM NYANZI BECOMES RVR’S NEW MAN IN KAMPALA (Posted 16th June 2016) News have only just emerged that Mr. Joram Nyanzi was, effective beginning of June, appointed Rift Valley Railways’ new General Manager Western. He will be based in Kampala and oversee the operations and commercial side of the railway operator from the Kenyan western […]
Air Mauritius returns to profitability
BACK INTO THE BLACK (Posted 16th June 2016) From a loss of nearly 24 million Euros for the financial year 2014/15 has Air Mauritius now emerged profitable again after ending their 2015/16 financial year with a healthy surplus of nearly 15.5 million Euros. This represents a swing of fortunes over the past year of just […]
Tanzania’s tourism trade up in arms over tax proposals
TANZANIA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY SET TO SUFFER AS VAT IS HEAPED ON THE SECTOR (Posted 14th June 2016) Tanzania’s tourism industry may be in for a rough year ahead should proposals for adding Value Added Tax on tourism services be sanctioned by parliament in Dodoma, where Members of Parliament now debate the Finance Bill for the […]
Reunion offers visitors a ‘Culture Pass’
REDUCING COST AND INCREASING SITE VISITS IS THE FORMULA FOR REUNION’S ‘CULTURE PASS‘ (Posted 14th June 2016) From 25th of June can visitors to Reunion buy the new Culture Pass which will open the doors for them of the heritage, history and culture of Reunion. This pass will allow to benefit from access at reduced […]
Ndege News – June 2016 to August 2016
I thought I share this one, not the least because it does feature an interview by Rupi Gill, the magazine’s editor, with me at the end of April when we met at the Nairobi Radisson Blu’s Executive Lounge. It certainly was a rather unusual feeling being asked questions and not asking questions myself … And […]
Attack on LGBT Tourism: Why UNWTO, WTTC, PATA and other tourism leaders are slow to condemn?
www.worldtourismwire.com View this email in your browser Updates and comments on activities by UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ETOA, ICTP and other global organization leading the global travel & tourism industry www.worldtourismwire.com 13 JUNE 2016 Terror Attack on LGBT Tourism: Why UNWTO, WTTC, PATA and other tourism leaders are slow to condemn? US President Obama condemned the […]
ATQ News supports African Hospitality Investment Forum as Media Partners
More news from West Africa, again courtesy of Ikechi Uko’s ATQ News service! ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features […]
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, […]
UNWTO SG Post, not a peer competition for a job but a global deployment.” Dr Mzembi, Zimbabwe Minister of Tour ism
www.worldtourismwire.com Updates and comments on activities by UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ETOA, ICTP and other global organization leading the global travel & tourism industry www.worldtourismwire.com 13 JUNE 2016 UNWTO SG Post, not a peer competition for a job but a global deployment.” Dr Mzembi, Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism On April 1, Zimbabwe announced that it was […]
Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister speaks out about his UNWTO SG campaign
HON. DR. WALTER MZEMBI – VYING TO BECOME THE NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL OF UNWTO (Posted 13th June 2016) The titles and phrases ‘Smart, Intelligent, Savvy Operator, Articulate, People’s Person, Zimbabwe’s Friendliest Face, Longest Serving Tourism Minister in Africa, Chairman of the UNWTO Commission on Africa‘ and more have been heard, when discussing Zimbabwe’s Minister for […]
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 […]
Kigali’s puts final touches on preparations for the African Union Summit 2016
RWANDA’S NEW NATIONAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTER READY FOR FIRST TEST (Posted 12th June 2016) (Picture courtesy of Akagera Aviation and RwandAir) When the African Union Summit 2016 will open its doors on the 10th of July, will Rwanda’s new national convention and exhibition center and the adjoining Radisson Blu Hotel Kigali be at the […]
Rhino breeding programme in Uganda amongst the most successful
LATEST BIRTH MAKES IT A DOZEN (Posted 12th June 2016) Yesterday morning did news emerge from the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Uganda, the only place to see rhinos on the wild in that country, that yet another little one has joined the growing number of Southern White rhinos. Angie Genade’s team on Ziwa managed to […]
And the winner is … Levi Kato of Wilderness’ Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge
SILVERCHEF COMPETITION 2016 RAISES CULINARY STANDARDS (Posted 11th June 2016) This year’s Silverchef competition, held at Cephas Inn in the South Western Ugandan town of Kabale, for the first time involved chefs from neighbouring Rwanda, which geographically of course also is part of the Gorilla Highlands. The Gorilla Highlands concept relies on bringing people together, […]
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Hippo cull leaves many questions unanswered as Born Free issues protest
ZAMBIA SANCTIONS THE CULLING OF 2000 HIPPOS (Posted 11th June 2016) The Born Free Foundation has condemned Zambia’s plan to kill 400 hippopotamuses a year over the next five years in the Luangwa River Valley, an area world-famous as a wildlife stronghold. According to reports, the cull, which has already started, was sanctioned by the […]
347 graduates join aviation sector after completing their courses
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES AVIATION ACADEMY GRADUATION DAY SEES NEARLY 350 STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR COURSES (Posted 11th June 2016) One of Ethiopian Airlines’ ventures, their aviation academy at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, added its own excitement to the 70th anniversary of the airline when 347 students from various courses graduated, now able to join […]
Seychelles and Czech Republic sign new aviation deal
NEW BILATERAL AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT TO SET STAGE FOR FUTURE FLIGHTS (Posted 10th June 2016) Information from Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles, talks about a new aviation deal which was signed earlier this week between the Czech Republic and the archipelago’s government. Minister Joel Morgan, Minister for Transport and Foreign Affairs, and the Czech […]
Measuring tourism’s impact on national economies
UNWTO HOSTS KEY MEETING TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC MONITORING AND IMPACT OF TOURISM (Posted 10th June 2016) Under the title ‘Advancing the Measurement of Sustainable Tourism Development’, UNWTO Member States, NGOs, academic institutions and other public and private sector entities discussed approaches to effectively measure, monitor and assess tourism performance and impacts at destination level. This […]
S!TE 2016 hangs in the balance
TO TRADE FAIR OR NOT TO TRADE FAIR AS QUESTION IS ASKED HOW MANY ARE TOO MANY (Posted 10th June 2016) Word is emerging from usually reliable sources that the Swahili International Tourism Expo 2016 may not take place this year. Only just concluded, in Arusha and Moshi, were the traditionally largest international tourist trade […]
Take me to the river…. and read on what that is all about
"Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller" – Ibn Battuta Take me to the river It’s 1 January 1993 in Zaire. In part one of an epic journey through what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Travel Africa’s Publication Manager Phil Clisby recounts what can only be considered […]
Seychelles’ Tourism Minister in India to promote his paradise islands
SEYCHELLES TOURISM WORKS THE INDIAN MARKET (Posted 10th June 2016) The highly respected political icon of the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr Muthuvelan Karunanidhi on Wednesday this week welcomed Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture to his offices. The Seychelles Minister and his delegation were in Chennai on a working […]
Rival service to UBER in the making
UBER’S SUCCESS DRIVES COMPETITION TO NEW LEVELS (Posted 10th June 2016) News from Nairobi suggests that UBER will very soon have to face competition of a new kind. Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile phone and data company, appears to have joined forces with a new taxi outfit by the name of Littlecabs, which is emerging from […]
RegGee’s back at Forties! Sunday 12 June – 2PM
News from Diani, News from Forty Thieves & Co! RegGee’s Gig Sunday 12 June 2PM – Forty Thieves RegGee’s Sunday gig at Forties After a short escape to TZ, RegGee’s back in Diani Come many greet him, dance, sing, rock and funk Sunday from 2PM at Forty Thieves UEFA 2016 Watch the games LIVE at […]
