In the quest to achieve the strategic objective through regional tourism and increase number of tourism’s contribution to country’s GDP and increase the number of tourists’ arrival in the country, the director of Marketing of GTBoard has disclosed plans in…
Burkina Faso’s hospitality sector is holding its breath after the cancellation of international events due to the coronavirus pandemic, signalling a significant loss of revenue for businesses in Ouagadougou.Fespaco, the annual pan-African festival for cinema and television, was the latest…
Airlink has postponed the resumption of its service between Johannesburg and Richards Bay until May 2. Services on the route were suspended in April 2020.The delay has been necessitated by Richards Bay Airport’s inability to provide the necessary emergency services…
Lufthansa and SWISS have entered into an interline agreement with Airlink, offering passengers convenient travel connections between Southern Africa and Europe.The partnership allows Airlink passengers easy connections into the Lufthansa and SWISS networks, with domestic connections at their hubs in…
The City of Cape Town’s Tourism Task Team has announced a ten-point tourism strategy to encourage recovery in the sector.“With our ten-point tourism strategy, the City aims to help breathe life back into this vital sector, to help bring about…
A new hospitality and tourism educational facility at a secondary school in Maun will benefit Botswana’s tourism sector.According to Botswana Daily News, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Basic Education, Bridget John, toured the newly built facility earlier this week.The…
While South Africa is the hardest-hit country in Africa for COVID-19 infections, the tourism entities (transportation providers, lodges and hotels, restaurants and shops, etc.) are doing everything right to ensure that guests remain healthy. This means that “at the present…
Tourism activities will remain open during the 15 day lockdown which commenced on January 19 in response to rising Covid-19 cases and mortalities.The Rwandan Development Board has said that tourism activities will proceed but under strict Covid-19 guidelines and measures.According…
Air Peace has announced the resumption of flights into Dubai via Sharjah from February 5, 2021. This is as the airline has also increased its flight frequency to and out of Enugu.Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, disclosed this in…
Emirates has today announced a new re-accommodation policy for all its passengers affected by the cancellation of flights to and from South Africa, from January 16-28, 2021.This was after Tourism Update’s sister publication, Travel News, reported yesterday that the airline…
