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Kenya only wants vaccinated travellers
The tightening should come into effect at the beginning of the Christmas holidays.
Kenya wants to be the first country in Africa to introduce access restrictions for unvaccinated people. The Ministry of Health announced this on Sunday. The final vote is still missing, but if it is up to the government and health authorit… read more
Best Morocco desert tour
There are lots of amazing places to visit in Morocco. Sahara Desert tour should be on the top of your list. The Sahara desert is the largest of the African deserts and spans 12 countries, including Morocco. If you ever get a chance to visit this magical country that would be a great experience.
When people think about the Sahara Des… read more
Brand Africa to recognize and rank the 'Best Places in Africa' for Tourism
Brand Africa today launched "Brand Africa | Africa's Best Places," the pan-African initiative to recognize and rank the best places for tourism, investment and citizen mobilisation in Africa. The goal of the initiative is to inspire pride, raise the standards and grow the competitiveness of African places - countries, cities and destinati… read more
National Geographic: Destinations in Namibia and Mozambique among the top 25 destinations for 2022!
National Geographic's editorial teams around the world have picked the top 25 destinations to visit in 2022. The magazine outlined five different categories for its "Best of World 2022" list: nature, adventure, sustainability, culture and history. In the nature category, the … read more
Ponant is back sailing the Seychelles
Ponant has resumed cruises in the Seychelles, saying it is the first cruise line to resume operations there. Ponant is offering five itineraries and 19 cruises in the archipelago through April, first on Le Bellot, which departed Mahé on Nov. 18 on an eight-day sailing calling at eight islands. That ship will be joined by Le Bougain… read more
Launch of the Nebu marks another new luxury river ship on the Nile
The Nebu entered service on the Nile River in October, adding to the existing 10-vessel fleet of Central Holidays and parent company Sakarra Group International.
Designed for the North American market, the ship features four classes of suites: 33 standard suites with French balconies measuring 301 square feet; two 452-square-… read more
Tourism - Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park Rakes in Ghc1.8 M in 4 Years
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has told Parliament that Ghana raked in a total of GHC1, 881,803 million from tourists who visited the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum here in Accra between January 2017 and September 2021. Dr Awal explained that the amount was realised from 176,589 Ghanaians a… read more
Angola: Kenya interested in investing in Tourism sector
The minister and deputy head of the Commission of the Kenyan Embassy to Angola, Haggai Ouguki, Tuesday expressed the interest of businesspeople from his country in investing and boosting the tourism sector in Malanje province, in order to generate income.
The focus on this segment involves building support infrastructures for… read more
Better cooperation between Namibia & Botswana to benefit tourism
THE Namibian Wetland Route Association has called for better bilateral agreement between Namibia and Botswana to ensure an easy flow of travel for tourists, which will benefit both Namibian and Botswana operators along the Chobe River.
The chairperson of the organisation, Simone Micheletti, during an interview with The Namibi… read more
Seychelles opens doors to all countries, dropping 5 from the restricted list
The island nation is open to visitors from all countries again after travel restrictions were removed for India, Brazil, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The five were removed from the restricted list in a revised travel advisory released Friday by the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health said that for entry into Seychelles visitors… read more
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