Travel news overview

• Rail
• 10/10/2020 05:38

NRZ major breakthrough against thieves

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has scored a major breakthrough after apprehending three people for stealing brass bearings from its wagon wheel axles. For years, the NRZ has had challenges with thefts of brass bearings from wagon wheel axles with no arrests being made.

The thieves would remove the bearings and replac… read more

• Flights
• 10/10/2020 05:20

QR announces fifth new destination in 2020: SFO

As Qatar Airways continues to rapidly rebuild its network across the globe and in the U.S., the airline has announced it will operate four weekly flights to San Francisco – the fifth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic – from 15 December 2020. The San … read more

• Destinations
• Conservation & Wildlife
• 10/10/2020 05:10

Uganda’s borders have reopened — please keep distance from the Gorillas

Six months after closing its borders to help stem the spread of coronavirus, Uganda is welcoming tourists back to its lakes, mountains, and national parks — as long as they can stay 32 feet from the gorillas.

Uganda has reopened its… read more

• Flights
• 09/10/2020 05:41

COVID-19 testing key to aviation’s survival in Southern Africa

Sebastian Mikosz, IATA’s senior vice president, urges governments and health authorities in the region to cooperate to replace quarantine restrictions. 

1.  Ensuring urgent government relief is provided to the air transport industry and that pledged funds from international and pan-African organizations reach those i… read more

• Flights
• Opinion
• 09/10/2020 05:40

Emirates airlines count on return of travellers between Africa and Asia to boost operations

The aviation industry is one of the biggest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the tourism and hospitality industries. With international flights resuming in various places, many airlines are looking to get out the rut and boost their operations.

Dubai-based airline giant, Emirates is set to resume its operations on the Afr… read more

• Destinations
• 09/10/2020 05:39

ADD: Zoma Park Village At Entoto Park Integrates Unique Features

Zoma Park Village at Entoto Park, a subsidiary of Zoma Museum, and one of the demonstrations of Public-Private Partnership in tourist destination development endeavor has brought salient features to the project that is expected to get inaugurated this Saturday. Meskerem Asseged, Co-founder of Zoma Museum with Artist Elias Si… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/10/2020 05:38

ZNZ: Mwinyi plans to boost tourism

The Zanzibar presidential candidate on a CCM ticket, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, yesterday promised to enact a law which would require all investors in the tourism sector to ensure that they benefit the people living around their investments. Dr Mwinyi said he would also enact another law that will force investors in that sector to buy products th… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/10/2020 05:37

IATA: Risk of COVID-19 transmission inflight is low

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated the low incidence of inflight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020… read more

• Travel-tech
• Opinion
• 09/10/2020 05:35

Mobile money has redefined financial inclusion

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted” is one of those numerous quotes that are attributed to Albert Einstein. Accordingly, financial inclusion statistics count most when they reflect the unlocking of economic potential through harnessing national resources, most especially through job c… read more

• Flights
• 09/10/2020 05:35

Lufthansa's SA flight schedule now fully operational

To coincide with the start of the summer season in South Africa, Lufthansa is once again fully operational within the local market with the resumption of its scheduled service between Frankfurt and Cape Town.

LH 576, the first commercial Lufthansa flight to Cape Town since the lifting of the international travel ban, was welc… read more