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Angola and Cape Verde consider strategic partnership in air transport
The Angolan Minister of Transport has just completed a three-day working visit to Cape Verde. Drawing lessons from the health crisis, the two Portuguese-speaking African countries have taken the full measure of the need to pool their expertise in the field of air transport.
South Africa's Blue Flag beaches, boats & marinas 2021/22
A total of 51 beaches in South Africa, along with four sustainable tourism boats and five marinas have been awarded full Blue Flag status by the 2021/22 Intern… read more
Port Victoria wins 'Indian Ocean's Leading Cruise Port' at World Travel Awards
Seychelles' Port Victoria has won the Indian Ocean's Leading Cruise Port title for the ninth time at the 2021 edition of the World Travel Awards, the Ports Authority said on Tuesday.
The Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) said that "retaining this title is testimony to the commitment, hard work and close collaboration and coordination… read more
5 destinations South Africans want to retire to
As the world opens up, retired South Africans want to explore and settle in other places. A new study by money.co.uk revealed where people want to retire the most. The study used Google search data from across all languages to establish the average monthly search volume in each country.
The team looked at 142 countries as some countrie… read more
Emirates inks deal with the Seychelles Tourism Board
Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Seychelles Tourism Board at Expo 2020. The agreement reaffirms the airline’s commitment to the island-nation and outlines joint initiatives to promote trade and tourism to the country.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Ahmed Khoory, Emirate… read more
Cape Town set to make strong recovery in 2021/22 following pandemic shut down
Cape Town looks set to make a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2021/22 cruise season, with 32 cruise ships calls expected.
The 32 scheduled cruise ship calls will primarily be made by ships homeporting in South Africa for the summer cruise season between November, 2021 and March, 2022.
The So… read more
How Sh90 billion for tourism revival split key Ppayers
Nearly $39 — 2 million (about Sh90 billion) of funds allocated by the government to mitigate the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industry has starkly divided key stakeholders over priority investment areas.
The funds are part of the $567.25 million loan approved in September by the International Monetary F… read more
Namibia launches the "Trusted Travel System"
The Government of Namibia has announced the launch of the Trusted Travel System (TT) in Namibia. The TT was intro… read more
Kenya's Angama Mara launches new guest area with Map Room
Angama Mara, the award-winning luxury safari lodge perched cliffside overlooking Kenya’s Maasai Mara, has created a new Map Room to give guests a deeper understanding of the Mara, Kenya and East Africa. Comprising more than 60 maps, books, photography and artifacts, the Map Room is somewhere quiet for guests to spend time between g… read more
Mozambique has further eased some of the preventive measures!
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi announced in an address to the nation on 24 October 2021 the further easing of several preventive meas… read more
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