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Holland America Line's Volendam will be used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees as part of an agreement announced by Netherlands and City of Rotterdam government officials. The ship will dock in Rotterdam for three months to provide a temporary home for approximately 1,500 Ukrainians, part of a larger commitment from the Netherlands… read more
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said that Nigerians spend $1billion annually on medical tourism, adding that 9,000 doctors left the country for the United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada in two years (2016-2018), leaving the country with just 4.7 per cent specialists.
This, the NMA said, has negatively impacted t… read more
The Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO initiative will return for a second year as it establishes itself as the world’s leading network focused on tourism for rural development.
Launched in 2021, Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO promotes and enhances the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural … read more
Since 2013, Kenya Airways (KQ) has been operating at a loss. In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic further depressed the Kenyan national airline. Since then, it has benefited from several financial aids from the State, allowing it to cover its expenses.
Kenya Airways will benefit from yet another financial aid from the Kenyan government… read more
All attempts to privatise Air Botswana over the past six years have so far failed. However, the Botswana government has still not given up hope of finding an investor to revitalise the national carrier, which has become a major financial burden on the national treasury over the years.
As African countries attained their independence in the 1950s and 1960s, a common joke was that the three symbols of their newfound sovereignty were a national anthem, a national flag, and a national airline.
Indeed, the following decades saw the rise and fall of numerous national and multi-national airlines throughout the continent, almos… read more
For the past 750 days, South Africa has been in a National State of Disaster.
This is an extraordinary situation that is unprecedented in our country’s history.
The declaration of a state of disaster was a response to a global health crisis that posed a grave threat to the lives and the well-being of our people.
… read more
Building on the success of Meetings Africa, South Africa Tourism
(SAT) is poised to give patrons of this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba more opportunities to connect and do business in a safe environment.
Acting CEO of South Africa Tourism said this when he took his turn on the … read more
Last February, the Commercial Court of Kinshasa had ordered the provisional administration of Mwant Jet against the background of tensions between the two shareholders, the general manager Gueda Amani Yav Witch (60%) and her partner, Michael Yav Tshikung (40%), financial director and son of the former Minister of Finance, Henry Yav Mulang. … read more
NIGERIA’S Ministry of Aviation has said that the offer by Emirates airlines cannot be anything other than an endorsement of the need for a national airlines thus clarifying questions that have been raised since the news broke last week.
This clarification was made by the Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika through his Special Assista… read more
Holland America Line ship will become temporary home for Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands
Nigerians spend $1bn annually on Medical Tourism
UNWTO Invites applications for Best Tourism Villages 2022
Kenya Airways to receive a further USD 174 million government bailout
Air Botswana privatisation process accelerates
A flag, an Anthem and an Airline
The National State of Disaster ends
Africa’s Travel Indaba will create spaces for people to connect – Acting SA Tourism CE0
Kinshasa Court of Appeal confirms the provisional administration of Mwant Jet
