June 18
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Kenya Uses Mobiles to Boost Tourist Numbers
EA Business
Kenya tourism authorities have adopted mobile phone technology to add value to foreign visitors' trips to the country and help boost numbers. Read more »
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LRR Will Always Remain Loyal to President Jammeh Locals Assure
Daily Observer
The people of Lower River Region (LRR) have expressed their unending and absolute loyalty to President Jammeh and his government. Read more »
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West Coast Region to Get a Referral Hospital
Daily Observer
The president of the Republic has pledged to construct a main referral hospital in West Coast Region before 2017, if the land that will accommodate the proposed hospital is... Read more »
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President Jammeh Grateful to URR
Daily Observer
The president of the Republic has expressed his gratitude to the people of the Upper River Region (URR) for the overwhelming welcome accorded to him and his entourage each time he... Read more »
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Tanzania Brands Tourism Expo On Swahili
EA Business
In early October, the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) hosting its first international show, focusing on topical tourism, sustainability and conservation within the region. Read more »
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Investing in Communities to Save Forests and Parks
Focus
The road from Nyamagabe district through Kitabi to Nyamasheke meanders, like a lazy long green river, right through the middle of Nyungwe Forest reserve. Idyllic as a drive along... Read more »
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Internal Affairs Minister Proposes "Green Tourism" - to Protect Liberia's Rainforest
New Republic
Highlighting global warming and climate change as real challenges and threats resulting from undue human and industrial misuse and abuse of the ever diminishing forest resource,... Read more »
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Craft Market Vendors Decry Tourist Off Season
Foroyaa
Vendors at the Senegambia Craft Market, which is situated at one of the busiest tourist industry spots in the country, explained the challenges they face as economic operators... Read more »
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Tourism and Hotels Board Approves 819, Shuts Down 63 Tourism Service Operators
Malawi News Agency
The Tourism and Hotels Board through the Department of Tourism has approved the services of 819 tourism operators in the country during their 111th meeting of the National hotel... Read more »
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History and Timeline of Arik Air [document]
Arik Air
Arik Air Ltd is a privately and wholly Nigerian owned commercial airline with a commitment to the people of Nigeria to deliver new standards in aviation. In 2002, with Nigeria... Read more »
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Rwanda Mountain Gorillas - We Name Them Because They Are Important
News of Rwanda
While gorillas are on the brink of being extinct in other African countries, Rwanda has given great importance to preserving Mountain Gorillas, and this comes along with a series... Read more »
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Using ICTs to Unlock Tourism Market
Times of Zambia
Zambia and Zimbabwe will this August for the first time jointly co-host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) 20th Session of the General Assembly as everything... Read more »
June 17
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Bush Meat Trade On the Rise in Tsavo
The Star
Bush meat trade in shopping centres adjacent to the Tsavo National Park has been blamed for the declining number of small wildlife in the region. Read more »
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Kenya Airways Plans to Set Up Fuel Firm
The Star
KENYA Airways is considering setting up a fuel procurement company as part of its new cost cutting measures measures. Read more »
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The Star
A US charity group has donated 250 modern kits worth Sh4.3 million to the Kenya Wildlife Service. Read more »
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Tours and Travel Operators Laud Kwita Izina for Transforming Tourism Industry
New Times
As Rwanda gears up for the 9th baby gorilla naming ceremony, popularly known as 'Kwita Izina,' tour operators are optimistic that the event will continue to expose the country to... Read more »
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KETA Shelved As Kenya to Host Global Fete
Capital FM
Kenya is set to host this year World Tourism Awards (WTA) Africa, to be held on October 16 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre. Read more »
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Nairobi Park Diary - Our Fantastic Feathered Friends
The Star
A car stopped next to me and the driver asked, "Where are the lions?". I answered in the way I often do. Read more »
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Baboons Kill Hens in Kitengela
The Star
HUNDREDS of baboons from the Nairobi National Park destroyed property after raiding homes in Kitengela town on Thursday night. Read more »
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The Star
KILIFI county tourism investors have set aside Sh10 million for promotional projects to attract more tourists. Read more »
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The Star
Taita Taveta Governor John Mruttu has challenged tourism players in thce ounty to diversify their products to increase tourists numbers. Read more »
June 16
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Facelift for Byo Rainbow Hotel
Zimbabwe Standard
RAINBOW Tourism Group (RTG) plans a US$650 000 facelift of its hotel in Bulawayo, as the hospitality concern moves to renew its tourism products. Read more »
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New Era
The next Park Talk of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) is on June 25 and focuses on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and what... Read more »
June 14
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Jammeh Renews 'Back-to-the-Land' Call As Tour Progresses
The Point
President Jammeh, who has received tumultuous welcomes in all the regions he has visited so far, emphasized that for there to be food self-sufficiency, Gambians must go back to the... Read more »
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German Visitor Denies Killing Kenyan Wife
The Star
A vibrator was among the exhibits produced yesterday in the murder trial of a German tourist suspected to have killed his Kenyan wife and stayed with the body for four days. Read more »
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