Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is inviting tenders for the leasing and development of facilities and activities for photographic safaris within Zimbabwe’s national p…
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Domestic gets Delight-ful
Virgin Atlantic’s Economy Delight is now available for booking as a through-fare.The product can now be purchased from domestic points of sale with Virgin’s partner interline airlines SAA,…
SA Tourism and TBCSA Roadshow moves to the UK
Following a successful visit to the Central European markets, the stakeholder engagement roadshow involving South African Tourism and the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), moves to the…
Vote for gorilla names through National Geographic
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Rwanda’s Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony, Visit Rwanda has asked National Geographic social audiences to help choose the name for one of the baby mountai…
National Treasury highlights tourism plans in new policy document
The tourism sector can drive labour-intensive growth and help to combat South Africa’s high-levels of unemployment. This was stated in a new policy document released by South Africa’s Nati…
New York and Cape Town renew marketing partnership
New York is committed to its long-term marketing partnership with Cape Town, despite recent security concerns, says NYC & Company Tourism Market Development MD, Makiko Matsuda Healy.“We&rsqu…
Tourism safety in the spotlight in Parliament
Tourism stakeholders were invited by parliament’s Portfolio committees on Tourism and Police to address tourist safety in South Africa.The workshop, which was held yesterday, was initiated by go…
Uganda Airlines takes off
Uganda Airlines has finally resumed operations after an 18-year hiatus.The inaugural flight to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport took off from Entebbe International Airport on August…
Pangolin reintroduced to reverse local extinction
Conservation-led travel company &Beyond has reintroduced the highly endangered Temminck’s ground pangolin at Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa, to reverse the local extinction of t…
CITES to apply pressure on remaining legal ivory markets
The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has confirmed its commitment to the closure of domestic ivory markets, agreeing by consensus to …