Provincial parks in the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal have seen a drop in overnight visitors.“We have seen some day visitors, not as many as we’d hoped, but mostly we are missing out on t…
Polls: UK travelers choose safety over price
When it comes to traveling in 2021, British tourists value safety over price. Now entering the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, polls say that UK consumers will choose to spend much more to en…
Hotel review: What it’s like to stay at Fable Dunedin
Hotel: Originally opened as the Wains Hotel in the 1860s, the Victorian-era style of Dunedin’s first hotel has been updated as a boutique 50-room accommodation option for the 21st century.Locati…
Are virtual tours the future of Post-Covid tourism?
Faced with the constraints, many tourism sites have been able to show their inventiveness. Some projects, which could be perceived as too innovative or too atypical, were thus able to see daylight and…
Airlines in the dark about Covid testing for domestic flights
Airline executives said Thursday that the CDC had not contacted them about the possibility of expanding Covid-19 testing requirements to domestic flights.“I’m not aware that the CDC has re…
CAA extends ATOL credit note protection to March
The CAA has confirmed it will extend ATOL protection for new refund credit notes up to the end of March.This means that consumers whose package holiday bookings are cancelled will be able to safely ac…
Saudi Arabia welcomes fourth Future Investment Initiative
Details of the fourth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) have been revealed ahead of the launch this week in Saudi Arabia.The event is a multi-hub conference that brings together bold-t…
Cape Town reveals 10-point tourism strategy
The City of Cape Town’s Tourism Task Team has announced a ten-point tourism strategy to encourage recovery in the sector.“With our ten-point tourism strategy, the City aims to help breathe…
Peat slips in the Falkland Islands and the unimaginable destruction of Stanley
Penguin News published on the 15 January edition a historic piece on the two peat slips suffered by Stanley in 1878 and 1886, which caused unimaginable destruction and cut the settlement in two.The pe…
Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ-made immunity test could screen future travellers
Kiwi innovators have joined forces with the global company behind airport “eGates” on technology designed to quickly screen future travellers for immunity against the coronavirus.Dubbed a …