Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, has announced the destination will open its international borders to all countries, effective immediately.This includes travellers from the UK & Ireland.Regulations do, however, remain in place, with visitors expected to present a paper copy…
Ethiopian Airlines will resume flights to Gaborone on Saturday (November 14) after suspending services on March 29 due to COVID-19.Area Manager for Gaborone, Mesay Ayalew, said the airline would fly via Victoria Falls with an initial twice-weekly service on Tuesdays…
In the context of rapidly declining biodiversity, it is crucial to grow the wildlife tourism industry, but conservation also needs to diversify its income and cannot rely solely on tourism.This is according to Justin Francis, CEO of Responsible Travel, talking…
Iata has welcomed the three new recommendations contained in the second edition of Take-off: Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART).CART brings together the expertise…
Kenya – with its tantalising cocktail of epic savannah landscapes, immense herds of wildlife and palm-fringed beaches – has been voted ‘Africa’s Leading Destination’ by the World Travel Awards.The news was unveiled during the inaugural Africa Winners Day, with World…
Comair has today (November 9) started taking new bookings for kulula.com ahead of its planned take off on December 1.“We are excited to be returning to the skies and are proud to continue our kulula heritage of offering affordable airfares…
RwandAir will start flying to Cape Town via Harare from December 2.The Kigali-based airline suspended flights on March 20 when the Rwandan government closed airspace to combat the spread of COVID-19.A RwandAir spokesperson told Tourism Update: “Following the easing of…
Known as the world’s primate capital – with more than 50% of the world’s remaining Mountain gorillas and over 5 000 chimpanzees (the second-largest population in the world), amongst others – Uganda is so much more than that.So wrote Brooke…
To develop, township tourism needs new areas of focus, according to stakeholders in the tourism sub-sector.The areas of product diversity and destination marketing were highlighted during a webinar focused on Soweto tourism, hosted by Johannesburg in My Pocket. Tourism Update…
Once post-pandemic tourism numbers in the East Africa Community (EAC) bloc return to pre-pandemic levels there is a need for investment in world-class tourist facilities in the region.An EAC investment report highlights a diverse range of development and investment opportunities…
