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The Chadian authorities are now demanding better treatment and more security for their compatriots on Ethiopian Airlines flights on its route between Ndjamena and Addis Ababa. This is the quintessence of the message of firmness transmitted to the country representative of the company, at the end of the meeting with the Director Gen… read more
Zambia recently waived visa requirements for its largest source markets, including the U.S. Travelers from the U.S., U.K, Canada, Norway, Australia and the EU no longer need to purchase a tourist visa to enter Zambia.
The country's president, Hakainde Hichelema, said in a recent budget speech that Zambia was focused on increasing the number of foreign visitors to the country.
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines celebrated the anniversary of the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner to the pan-African carrier on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
Over the past decade, Ethiopian Airlines has used the 787's unique capabilities to sustainably expand its long-haul network around the world, making its Addis … read more
National Geographic has unveiled its Best of the World 2023 list, and Botswana was selected as one of the 25 must-see destinations for the year ahea… read more
South Africa's tourism sector is recovering very well from the health crisis. Since the beginning of the year, South Africa has welcomed a total of 3.3 million international visitors, an increase of 165% compared to the same period last year. The African and European continents remain the main sources of the Rainbow Nation's tourism windfa… read more
Royal Caribbean International has reported its best booking day in history on the back of the opening of bookings for its upcoming new ship Icon of the Seas. When reservations opened for Icon of the Seas, the cruise line saw more demand than on any other single day in its 53-year history.
Icon of the Seas is a 250,000-… read more
Tourism leaders and stakeholders from Africa and beyond have gathered
in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital for this year’s Africa Tourism
Leadership Forum (ATLF20220).
For the next three days will look at ways and means of driving
Africa’s tourism agenda through an avalanche of experts’ discussions,
networking and business engagement … read more
Echelons in the tourism industry have arrived in the capital of
Botswana, Gaborone ahead of the country’s hosting of the 5th Af… read more
H.E. Siandou Fofana, the Minister of Tourism of Côte d’Ivoire and
Chairperson of UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa and UNWTO Executive
Council has charged African countries to forge closer relationships
with one another to enable them advance their respective development
agenda; especially in the tourism sector.
He said count… read more
JetBlue has broadened its codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways.
Under the expansion, JetBlue customers will have codeshare access to 11 additional Qatar Airways routes from Doha. Thirteen destinations are already part of the codeshare.
The 11 new destinations are Accra, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alexandria and C… read more