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Tfs Festival Set to Attract More Tourists
TANZANIA Forest Service (TFS) has organized a tourism festival aimed at promoting forest conservation and ecotourism to supplement government efforts to increase the number of tourists to 5 million come 2025.
The festival dubbed 'West Kilimanjaro Run and Mountain Forest Bike' will be held on July 10 this year and will include… read more
South Africa and the ban from UAE
South Africa is one of a handful of countries included in the United Arab Emirates’ rolling set of entry restrictions, which are reviewed every couple of weeks.
The United Arab Emirates imposed entry and flight bans against South Africa on 14 January this year for an initial period of 12 days – as a result of the detection of the Be… read more
Slow digital uptake in domestic air travel
The digital travel locator app, Jitenge, launched on June 18 for domestic airline travel across all Kenyan ports of entry has recorded a slow uptake, two weeks after its introduction to eliminate physical documents as an anti-Covid measure.
Domestic airline passengers using different airports and ports continue to use … read more
Tourists allowed to travel countrywide
INTERNATIONAL tourists in Namibia will be free to travel the country up to 15 July under the Covid-19 restrictions at this stage.
This has been stated by the minister of environment, tourism and forestry, Pohamba Shifeta, and health and social services minister Kalumbi Shangula in a joint statement.
Under the country's current… read more
Zimbabwe to amend Tourism Act
The government of Zimbabwe has approved the principles for the amendment of the Tourism Act, in a bid to align it with the country’s constitution. Zimbabwe adopted a new constitution in 2013 and is in the process of trying to align it with subsidiary laws.
The Tourism Act has been identified as one of the subsidiary laws that… read more
Malindi hoteliers offer special rates to attract customers
Hoteliers in Malindi are offering special rates as part of their strategies to attract more tourists. The rates apply to tourists who would wish to participate in monthly cleanup campaigns aimed at keeping the town clean and green.
A major cleanup event is planned for October this year.
Speaking in Malindi, Kenya Hotel K… read more
Exploring tourism’s best kept secret in Rwanda: the land of a thousand hills
Rwanda is a modern nation with a fast- growing economy. It is ranked the third most competitive country in Africa by the World Economic Forum 2016 Competitiveness Report, and is rated one of the cleanest and safest countries in Africa.
Kigali is within easy reach of our rich offering of cultural and natural treasures. Take advantage… read more
All incoming passengers must present negative PCR test from July 1
All incoming passengers to Tunisia must from Thursday, July 1, present a negative COVID-19 PCR test with a QR code, carried out within 72 hours of the flight, said chair of the quarantine committee at the Health Ministry Mohamed Rabhi.
All travellers, including those vaccinated and those who have been infected, must present a negati… read more
Namibia introduces new mitigation measures for 14 days
Namibia's President, Dr. Hage G. Geingob, announced on the occasion of the 30th Covid-19 briefing on the national response measures on 30 June 2021 … read more
PM confers with Tourism Minister to follows up on set of issues
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli chaired on Monday night a meeting with Tourism Minister Khaled El Anani to follow up on a number of tourism-related issues.
During the meeting, Anani briefed the premier on the volume of incoming tourism movement during the period from January till June via various means of entry whether air, l… read more
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