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Air Namibia resumes commercial activities
Air Namibia is finally rescheduling its commercial flights. The Namibian national company announced this Thursday, September 17, the resumption on Sunday, of its domestic connections. The routes concerned are those departing from Windhoek-Eros, and going to Ondangwa, Oranjemund, Luderitz, Rundu and Katima Mulilo, and that between L… read more
Banning Trophy Hunting Can Put Wildlife At Risk - a Case Study
Wildlife tourism is an important segment of Botswana's tourism industry, representing 80% of the total annual revenue of trips to Botswana. Key to this are protected areas which have led to the growth of the country's wildlife tourism.
Wildlife tourism can take place either in the animals' natural environments such as nationa… read more
Rediscover Botswana gains momentum
An avid traveller and media personality, Sonny Serite says Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) expedition dubbed Rediscover Botswana meant to promote domestic tourism, is already bearing fruits. Serite, who is accompanied by another media personality, Tlhalefang Charles, are currently crisscrossing the country to unearth its… read more
Poaching: Five countries join forces to fight
The five partner countriesof the Kavango Zambezi (Kaza) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), including Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, are committed to working together to reduce poaching and illegal wildlife trade. They have recently launched an initiative to strengthen their partnership.
Angola, Bo… read more
Which African Countries Are Reopening for Tourism?
If you may have been wondering which African countries are reopening for tourism, this is for you! Many African nations are starting to reopen airports, remove curfews, and slowly resume international tourism.
Most countries in Africa have been very strict on containing the spread of the virus, with most of them going into complete lockdow… read more
Gaborone placed under lockdown for 14 days
The Government of Botswana has placed the Greater Gaborone Zone under lockdown since 30 July 2020 for a minimum of two weeks to enable containment efforts to take hold. Only “essential services” are allowed to operate, but only at 25% capacity.
Movement within the Greater Gaborone Zone is permitted, except… read more
COVID-19 impact in South Africa will affect all Southern African economies
Report recommends inclusive, broad-based and pro-poor policies to address inequality and reduce poverty rates; Impact of COVID-19 in South Africa projected to affect rest of Southern African economies. A higher level of preparedness is urgently needed to prevent and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Africa, including additional r… read more
Botswana: Tourism Master Plan
Tourism industry stakeholders have called on the government to implement the Tourism Master Plan of 2000 which serves as the basic guideline for development of tourism in the country. The plan, they said had excellent recommendations which could take the tourism industry to greater heights if well implemented. They said this during a consultativ… read more
Botswana: Visa system goes digital
Travellers to Botswana will soon be able to complete visa applications online.
Israel’s Pangea has been selected by the government of Botswana to integrate its eVisa solution as part of the southern African country’s efforts to expand its digital and online services.
This will enable visitors to Botswana to obtain a visa onlin… read more
Air Botswana to resume operations
The state-owned national flag carrier of Botswana, Air Botswana, is set to resume operations. According to a press release, the airline is planning to re-introduce scheduled domestic flights in Botswana on 17 July 2020.
The resumption of services is subject to health and safety protocols and the new ways of working. Air… read more
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