Important tourism exhibitions, gathering, and networking took place in East Africa during this month with positive indications to open up the region and the rest of Africa to popular tourist markets around the world.   Five major tourism gatherings were …

Ethiopian Airlines and Only Merit come together to promote Medical Travel Packages from African Territories to India, Malaysia & UAE.   Ethiopian Airlines is the largest and the leading Pan-African airline group. Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of the Pan-African …

Autograph Collection Hotels will make a debut in Kenya by including Sankara Nairobi in its collection of over 150 independent hotels across the world. Autograph Collection is a luxury hotel chain by Marriott International.   Sankara Nairobi is exactly like …

Africa attracts just five percent of the tourists worldwide in spite of boasting attractions starting right from the Pyramids and Victoria Falls to wildlife safaris and endless strips of immaculate beaches.   However, the huge potential of the continent can …

Zambia is playing a major role in the newly founded African Tourism Board.  Dr. Ngwira Mabvuto Percy is the First Secretary of Tourism in the Zambian Embassy in Paris, France. Besides, he is Zambia’s Liaison Officer to the UNWTO, and …

Until two terrorist attacks in 2015 plagued the tourism industry, the coasts of Carthage, to the elegant village of Sidi Bou Said to the bustling city of Tunis, Tunisia was a dream holiday destination. Immediately afterwards, tourism numbers plummeted, forcing …

The Minister of Information and Culture of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that the country is all prepared for the 61st edition of the UNWTO Commission for Africa (CAF) meeting, which  Nigeria will host from coming Monday in Abuja. The Minister said this …

    India’s state –owned has secured 20 billion rupees to build high-capacity convention centres across nine different African countries Niger, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Liberia, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon.   NBCC will be building nine Mahatma Gandhi Convention Centres …

Zimbabwe has launched a second state-owned airline, Zimbabwe Airways.     Earlier this year Zimbabweans were startled to learn that the government had concluded a secret $70m deal to buy four second-hand Boeing jets from Malaysia to form the core …

In terms of number of domestic passengers, Heathrow now ranks behind Edinburgh. The number of travellers on the UK flights to and from Heathrow has dropped by 28 percent over the past 12 years.     An average of 13,000 …