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Ethiopia to fully reopen for tourism this month
Ethiopia's tourism sector that has been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past seven months, will fully be reopened until the end of this October, Tourism Ethiopia announced.
In an exclusive interview with ENA, Tourism Ethiopia Director-General, Sileshi Girma said most of tourism facilities including hote… read more
South Africa Committee on Tourism welcomes the Tourism Recovery Plan
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism, (National Assembly), received a briefing from the Department of Tourism on its First Quarter Performance Report for the 2020/21 financial year.
The 2020/21 Quarter 1 report is made against the backdrop of the budget adjustments that were made due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An amount of R1 billion w… read more
Kenyan hotels & local airlines partner to revive tourism
Players and economic experts say it will take a multi-pronged approach and extended period to fully revive the two sectors. One of the strategies the industries are now adopting is working together to leverage on their respective strengths as they seek to climb out of the deep financial holes caused mainly by the measures instituted to cu… read more
Tanzania growing tourist arrivals
The number of tourists visiting Tanzania is on the rise - thanks to the government's decision to open the country to visitors earlier than all its regional peers post-Covid-19, the minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Dr Hamisi Kigwangalla, said yesterday.
The government reopened the country to tourism in May wh… read more
Senegal extends tax relief for Tourism sector
The President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall has announced that Government will extend tax reliefs for the tourism sector till 2021. The Government as part of mitigating measures to assuage the plight of the badly hit tourism sector in the wake of the pandemic granted tax reliefs such as waiving off corporation… read more
Morocco reopens for international travellers
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (MNTO) has confirmed that the national border regulations have been relaxed to international visitors, including passengers from the UK. As of now, travellers who do not require a visa can enter the country on presenting a negative Covid-19 PCR test where the results are dated no more tha… read more
Ever so often I meet Nigerians and visitors to Nigeria who don't know much about the many tourist attractions in the country. Having travelled across Nigeria myself many times over, I know there are 101 places to delight anyone, whatever their interests. If time permits, I will use this opportunity to mention a couple of attractions they should … read more
Nigeria: Already 27,000 international passengers arrived
Over 27,000 passengers have arrived in Nigeria since the resumption of international flights on September 5, after being grounded for months due to Covid-19, Lagos-based online newspaper Ripples Nigeria reported on Monday. The publication said the national coordinator of the West African country’s presidential task force on Covid-1… read more
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Directives for Resumption of international flights
Ahead of the resumption of all scheduled and non-scheduled passenger flights in and out of Entebbe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Government of the Republic of Uganda issued directives regarding the resumption of international flights.
They were contained in a letter signed off by Fred Bamwesigye Ag. … read more
SA's testing regime leads to cancelled EK flights
It was a case of crossed wires in South Africa over the weekend as uncertainty over new quarantine and self-isolation guidelines caused Emirates to cancel a flight to Durban. There are reports online that new South African Government regulations lead to the canceled flight. Now it seems the problem is not much the regulation… read more
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