Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has expressed sadness at the brutal murder of a German tourist in Mpumalanga on Monday. The tourist was fatally shot by a group of criminals on Numbi Road at around 4.30pm on Monday. According to police reports, the incident occurred when four tourists from Germany were traveling in a Hyundai H1 […]
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Cape Town — Dlamini-Zuma, Sisulu Join Forces for ANC Top Job Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Lindiwe Sisulu look set to join forces and push for the ANC presidency and deputy presidency, under one banner, News24 reports. While the two women – whose campaign teams met last week – have the backing of former president Jacob Zuma, […]
2022 has been a significant year that has marked the robust revival of Africa’s tourism industry which was almost gobbled up in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council latest Economic Impact Report (EIR), the African Travel and Tourism sector’s GDP is estimated to grow at an average […]
Although Djibouti has long been a sought-after tourism destination for adventure travellers, the more significant world tourist sector is now aware of the country’s tremendous business potential. Djibouti City was selected as the World Capital of Culture and Tourist by the European Council on Tourism and Trade in April 2018. One of Djibouti’s unique tourist […]
2022 has been a significant year that has marked the robust revival of Africa’s tourism industry which was almost gobbled up in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council latest Economic Impact Report (EIR), the African Travel and Tourism sector’s GDP is estimated to grow at an average […]
Ghana and the United States of America have agreed to collaborate to boost tourism, arts and culture in the two nations. As part of the collaboration, the two countries will hold joint tourism fora in Ghana and the United States to help promote Ghana’s tourism potential. The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim […]
THE Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, yesterday, decried the lack of reliable statistics and data about the numbers of visitors or tourists that visit Lagos on yearly basis. Speaking at the launch of the Q4-Lagos initiative, put together in partnership with QTOURISM Limited, Akinbile-Yussuf noted that data about tourism […]
On September 27, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities will open all museums and archaeological sites to visitors free-of-charge, in all governorates nationwide. According to the decision of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egyptian, African and foreign visitors residing in Egypt will be allowed to enter all museums and archaeological sites that are open […]
An expert in the tourism industry has urged countries in the East African Community (EAC) to liberalise their airspaces and open up skies to promote the tourism industry in the region East African Tourism Platform Chair Fred Odek said the existing restrictive pacts, such as the Bilateral Air Service Agreements, were disrupting the harmonisation of […]
Takoradi — Scores of commuters were Tuesday morning stranded on the Ewusiejoe section of the Agona-Takoradi highway, in the Ahanta West municipality of the Western Region due to heavy rains that rendered the road impassable. The situation, caused by early morning rains which began at about 7am, rendered the road impassable about three hundred meters […]
Cape Town — Eskom. Load Shedding. Crisis. It appears that Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is in the line of fire as MPs seek answers to the latest power cuts which has seen the country plunge to Stage 6 load shedding. Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen has called for Mantashe to be fired, for […]
Brussels Airlines has backtracked on its plan to cancel all flights coming to Liberia after being told by authorities of the Roberts Airport Authority that it has met the required technical and operational prerequisites for the safe landing of aircraft. The Belgium-based airline, which flies at least twice a week — connecting the country with […]
Cape Town — Western Cape Calls for Dedicated Team to Tackle Kidnappings Western Cape authorities are calling for a dedicated unit to help tackle kidnappings. The City of Cape Town said that it was no longer leaving it up to the police alone to try and solve kidnappings. Authorities in the metro say they […]
The National Road Authority (NRA) last Tuesday presented safety jackets and torch lights to The Gambia Police Force (GPF) at a ceremony held at the Police headquarters in Banjul. The donated items include- 1000 safety jackets and 300 torch lights. The items were aimed at supporting the country’s traffic police and to ensure smooth execution […]
Selfish Namibians are abusing the non-visa entry requirement to seek asylum in the United Kingdom to the detriment of legitimate asylum-seekers from war-torn nations or those fleeing distress. British High Commissioner to Namibia, Charles Moore, ventilated this concern shortly after paying a courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob at State House yesterday. “Namibia is a […]
The Gambia tourism industry which has been one of the steady sectors contributing to the Gambia GDP but witnessed a setback like other sectors as a result of the Covid-19 emergence, is now gradually picking up as its number of air arrival increased by 15% in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. According […]
Foreign airlines operating into the nation’s airport are yet to access their $265million trapped funds released by the federal government. LEADERSHIP recall that the federal government released $265 million out of the $464million revenue earnings trapped in the country. A breakdown of the figure indicated that the sum of $230 million was released as special […]
The increase in the number of visitors to the country’s national parks is an indication that the tourism sector is recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy. “I am happy to report that in the 2021/22 financial year, the number of visitors to the […]