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International Travel Makes a Return on October 1
South Africa will reopen its international borders on 1 October 2020, under alert level 1 of lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement during a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening.
While the country will move to alert level 1 of lockdown from midnight on Sunday 20 September 2020, internat… read more
South Africa to welcome international travellers again from 01 October 2020!
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa just announced during a televised address to the nation that South Africa will reopen its borders with effect from 01 October 2020. The country’s two main airports, OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town, will reopen for international ai… read more
Seychelles unveils new travel authorization technology
Seychelles has launched a new technology to facilitate the collection and analysis of traveler information ahead of their trip to the Indian Ocean islands, to ensure the re-opening of the borders in the safest manner.
The new technology – launched in collaboration with Swiss Company Travizory – allows the Seychelles health authoriti… read more
Cape Town nominated for 5 Africa World Travel Awards
Tanzania Nationals Now Free From Mandatory Quarantine in Kenya
Tanzanian nationals will from now not be subjected to 14-day mandatory quarantine upon arrival in Kenya; this is after it was included on an updated list of countries released by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.
The list which now features 147 countries was a bond of contention for the two East African countries resulting into Tanzania … read more
Republic of the Congo reopens for international travelers
The Republic of the Congo has reopened its borders and airports for international visitors. In order to visit Congo, travelers will be required to do a health screening and follow quarantine protocols.All visitors are required to complete a negative COVID-19 test within a maximum of 7 days prior to arrival and submit the test resul… read more
13 airlines ready to operate into reopened Kotoka airport
As the Kotoka International Airport, Ghana, resumes flight operations after months of closure occasioned by the pandemic, thirteen international airlines has expressed their readiness to recommence flight into the West Africa country.
According graphic.com.gh, although some of the international airlines, including Ethiopia… read more
75% of Seychelles' Hotels and Guest Houses certified Covid safe
Over 75 percent of the rooms in Seychelles' 418 tourism establishments have received safe tourism certificates and are in a position to welcome visitors, though not all of them are open, the tourism minister said. Didier Dogley said about 4,700 out of 6,000 rooms at hotels, guest houses and self-catering establishments have achieve… read more
Nigeria offers international air travelers free COVID-19 treatment
As part of its contribution towards eradicating the dreaded Corona virus pandemic in Nigeria, Reddington is offering free medical treatment to all international air travelers arriving in Nigeria at its newly commissioned Armoured Shield Medical Center provided the PCR test is done at Reddington Zaine Laboratory, which is promoted b… read more
Guinea Bissau: Turkey will build a new international airport
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