Travel news overview

• Destinations
• 08/12/2022 20:32

Tanzania governement keen to promote local tourism

The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Dr Pindi Chana has said the government will continue to collaborate with various tourism stakeholders in promoting local tourism to increase the number of local tourists.

Dr Chana made the remarks during the occasion to flag off this year's climbers who have embarked on the Mount… read more

• Cruise
• 08/12/2022 20:31

Makers Landing in Cape Town set to get boost from 239 cruise ships this season

Makers Landing, a V& A Waterfront “food community” within Cape Town Cruise Terminal, is looking to the current cruise season to provide a much-needed boost amid the ongoing recovery from COVID-19.

Makers Landing was initially developed to capitalise on port-visiting cruise tourists, but opened in 2020, just as South Africa’s sec… read more

• Attractions
• 08/12/2022 20:28

Zimbabwe: Gonarezhou National Park introduces game drives in open-sided 4×4 game drive vehicles

The management of Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe has announced that, for the first time, game drives in custom-bu… read more

• Accomodation
• 08/12/2022 08:20

Setting Tourism’s recovery on a more ethical path

Meeting in Madrid and guided by the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, the Committee explored the  main topics of its working groups  for the next four years (period of 2022-2025). The focus of the Committee will be on analysing the ethical aspects and impacts of the following tourism-related areas, namely, (1) Decent… read more

• Cruise
• 07/12/2022 22:35

Costa releases details on Christmas Cruise from Dubai for 2022/23 season

Costa Cruises has announced a host of themed events and activities for families and children on its Christmas Cruise out of Dubai in the Arabian Gulf, as well as other locations around the world.

Costa Toscana is homeporting in Dubai for the 2022/23 cruise season, sailing roundtrip, weeklong cruises visiting Abu Dhabi and Muscat.

The… read more

• Destinations
• 07/12/2022 22:34

Traveling to Morocco: All the most interesting and important things to know

Morocco is one of the most mysterious and colorful African countries. Its Atlas Mountains are like the planet Mars, and the blue and white city of Essaouira is like the setting for a pirate movie. The ancient Medina of Marrakech takes tourists back several centuries, and the modern resort of Agadir can easily be compared to the Mediterranean Riv… read more

• Flights
• 07/12/2022 22:19

Kenya Airways and Royal Air Maroc reactivate their code-share agreement which has been paused

Kenya Airways (KQ) and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have agreed on Tuesday 6 December 2022 to resume their code-share agreement initiated in 2016 and interrupted in 2019.

Under this reactivation, RAM passengers will now be able to travel to Nairobi, Zanzibar and Johannesburg on flights operated by KQ. In the reverse direction, the Kenya… read more

• Flights
• 07/12/2022 22:14

Emirates ramps up operations to London Gatwick with a third daily Airbus A380 service

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has ramped up its operations to Gatwick Airp ort with the addition of a third daily A380 flight. The airline continues to scale up its UK operations to meet sustained demand ahead of the holiday rush.

The additional frequency will offer enhanced capacity with more than 1,00… read more

• Flights
• 07/12/2022 22:10

IATA says trapped foreign airlines’ fund in Africa is $1.1 billion as Nigeria’s hit $550m

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), yesterday, disclosed that Foreign Airlines’ fund trapped in Africa stands at $1.1 billion with Nigeria having half the share of the blocked funds at $550million.

President for Africa and Middle East, IATA, Kamil Ala Wadhi revealed this yesterday while he paid a courtesy vi… read more

• Flights
• 07/12/2022 22:09

Delta Air Lines celebrates fifteen years of service between Nigeria and the U.S

Delta Air Lines has hit an important milestone today, as it marks fifteen years of nonstop service connecting Nigeria and the United States.

The airline launched its first flight between Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on 04 December 2007.  Delta continues… read more