Cape Town’s tourism industry took a knock with talks of ‘Day Zero’ and declining water levels, however hope has been restored as the City of Cape Town announced on Monday (September 17) that dam levels had improved by 0.9% over…
Air Mauritius has cancelled its Friday flights from Cape Town to Mauritius, effective from November. The airline’s flights on Sundays and Tuesdays will operate as usual.The airline said the change came as a result of capacity rationalisation. While it had…
From January 1 to the end of August this year tourism in Tunisia generated over 2646 million dinars; the equivalent of 870 million euros. In the national currency this was an increase of 46% compared to the same period last…
Great Plains Conservation has announced dates for the closure of luxury tented Selinda Camp in Botswana, for a complete rebuild.Cheryl Lubner, Reservations Director of the camp, told Tourism Update that the camp would close on November 1 and reopen on…
Qatar Airways will launch flights from Doha to Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa on December 9. The flight will operate four times a week and is Qatar’s second Kenyan destination, with the airline currently flying to Nairobi.Akbar Al Baker, Qatar…
Consumer price index data published by Statistics South Africa indicate that hotel prices in the Western Cape have dropped by over 11% from May 2017 to May 2018.The CEO of Fedhasa, Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, confirmed that there had been a low…
Based on figures for the first half of 2018 from STR, Marrakech has emerged as a standout performer among key African cities.Average daily rates in the city increased by 40.7 per cent, to US$195, in the first six months of…
As we celebrate Tourism Month during September, Tourism Update is examining the industry in South Africa across a series of articles with insight from industry experts. To begin with, we take a look at that state of tourism in South…
TAAG Angola has reopened reservations for first class bookings on its Boeing 777-200ER and -300ER aircraft on long-haul routes. This applies for travel on/after October 28 until March 29, 2019.Previously, reservations for flights from Luanda to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lisbon,…
Machaba Safaris has announced that it will be including a Conservation and Community Levy (CCL) of $15 per person, per night, at all of its camps.The levy will commence on September 1, and will apply to all new bookings travelling…
