Africa

Burkina Faso’s hospitality sector is holding its breath after the cancellation of international events due to the coronavirus pandemic, signalling a significant loss of revenue for businesses in…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned Nigerian passengers from transiting other airports before going to Dubai.Effective from today, only those travelling directly from Nigeria would be allowed in…

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…

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…

Renovation work has started on Lemala Wildwaters Lodge, situated on a private island on the River Nile in Uganda.The lodge sustained flood damage to its restaurant and pool deck last year after the ri…

Parts of the Kruger National Park will be affected by major rainfall and strong winds this weekend due to tropical storm Eloise, according to the South African Weather Service.“Our scientists, i…

Jamaica tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed the opening of the first satellite centre for the Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC).Situated in Kenya, it will b…

The Group Managing Director, Finchglow Group, Mr. Bankole Bernard has identified ways travel agencies can reposition for better business in 2021.Bernard who made this known during the annual trade par…

African Union member states will from this month start using digital Covid-19 certificates as one way of eliminating travel restrictions that were occassioned by outbreak of coronavirus.In the new dig…

Travellers from anywhere in the world may now visit the Seychelles, provided they have been vaccinated for COVID-19.This is according to Minister for Tourism and Foreign Affairs, Sylvester Radegonde, …