Africa

If local tourism suppliers are not flexible with cancellation policies and fees amid the COVID-19 pandemic they could potentially destroy long-term relationships with global tour operators and DMCs an…

Swiss travellers stuck in South Africa will soon be going home, with repatriation flights set to commence on April 3 from Cape Town.SATSA shared a message from the Consulate General of Switzerland, sa…

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has argued the Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre will be charged with driving the recovery of tourism in the destination and elsewh…

There may be a glimmer of hope for SA Express employees as Business Day reported today (March 27) that the troubled airline was expected to be among the first organisations to apply to the UIF Tempora…

There has been a lot of confusion about inbound travellers from high-risk countries not being allowed to disembark from international flights arriving in South Africa from their home countries –…

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of a fund yesterday (March 23), to help combat COVID-19.“Following consultation with social partners, we have set up a Solidarity Fund that …

The Department of Tourism has made an additional R200 million available to assist SMMEs in the tourism and hospitality sector who are under particular stress due to the new travel restrictions around …

Africa’s Travel Indaba has been postponed indefinitely in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak spreading around the world.South Africa tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced the dec…

The International Air Transport Association is appealing to governments in Africa and the Middle East to provide emergency support to airlines.The move comes as carriers fight for survival following t…

Rwanda will host the 2020 Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) and Awards at the Kigali Convention Centre from July 13-15 under the theme ‘Shaping a better future for intra-Africa travel toget…