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The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of guidelines to help tourism sector emerge stronger and more sustainably from COVID-19. The guidelines highlight the need to act decisively, to restore confidence and, as UNWTO strengthens its partnership with Google, to embrace innovation and the digital transformation of global tourism… read more
French hospitality giant Accor, which bought out Fairmont Hotels in 2016 for some 2.7 billion US Dollars, has reportedly pulled the plug on at least two of their properties in Kenya, the Norfolk Hotel and the Mara Safari Club.In a memo to staff of the hotel seen by ATCNews does one Mehdi Morad state:
This memo serves a… read more
Lionel Lopez grimaces as he looks at the stagnant green water in the bottom of the pool at his hotel in Senegal's Saloum Delta. He drained it after the global pandemic closed borders, bringing West Africa's tourism industry to a standstill in mid-March.
The Sine-Saloum region has escaped the worst of the epidemic that has so far infected m… read more
Tourism businesses in Seychelles will need to meet a set of criteria to help stop the spread of COVID-19 before welcoming visitors to their establishments when the island nation airport reopens for commercial flights on June 1, said a high official on Wednesday.
The principal secre… read more
The Sudan's government and the United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism completed today's morning the singing of a memorandum of understanding to start the implementation of travel program matrix.
Due to the isolation policy practiced globally, because of the corona crisis (Covid-19), … read more
PRIVATE JETS TO BE ALLOWED IN FIRST WHILE RESORTS HAVE TO UNDERGO CERTIFICATION
Tourists able to afford travel by private jet will be the first to be allowed back into the Seychelles, after the international airport reopens next week. A key requirement is that visitors must produce a negative #COVID19 certification from their home country,… read more
Travel and tourism
players in the country have approached Government to intervene with a
recovery plan for the sector, which is among the hardest hit by the
coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
The global travel
and tourism sector was the first area of economic activity to be hit by… read more
The Mauritian tourism industry showed signs of a crisis even before the current COVID situation. The growth of international air arrivals was starting to stagnate, and hotel groups were struggling to remain competitive.
Our current destination offering and positioning still rely on a winn… read more
The North West Parks Board, the governmental organisation responsible for the management of protected areas and public nature reserves in South Africa’s North West Province, has announced the decision to trim the horns of all black rhinos and all white rhinos in Pilanesberg National Park. The dehorning of the animals has been done with the help … read more
Plane loads of tourists aboard Ethiopian, KLM and Turkish airlines are expected to land in Tanzania in the next one week, marking a critical milestone in the on-going re-opening of the country’s economy following nearly two months of lockdown. The country’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, hotels and schools are all heeding President Jo… read more
UNWTO launches global guidelines to re-open tourism
Fairmont Hotels closes Nairobi’s oldest hotel
Senegalese tourism hot spot lacks visitors
Seychellois Authorities Requiring 'Safe Tourism Certificate' Before re-open businesses
Sudan and UN Sign Memorandum On Implementation of (Travel Program Package)
Zimbabwe Tourism Sector Calls for Recovery Programme
Mauritian Tourism version 2.0
South Africa: All rhinos in Pilanesberg National Park have been dehorned
Tourists land in Tanzania as hotels, firms and schools resume
