SAFARI operators have been called upon to aggressively market the country as a prime-hunting destination in order to claim their share of international hunters.
Since a young man named Godswill Akpabio became the governor of Akwa Ibom State, he's been doing everything "wrong"! At times, I try to understand why but I've since come to believe, like everyone else, that it's predestined. Otherwise, how can a man without means turn out at 47 to throw our state into "confusion"?!
TRAVEL and tourism should be mainstreamed in global economic decision making -- this is what SA and other Group of 20 (G-20) countries are working towards.
As instructed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi closed, on Saturday afternoon, debates of the Chamber of Deputies on the draft 2010 State budget.
The leading German tour operator "TUI" has ranked three Tunisian hotels among the best in the world, earning them the "Tui Holly" Prize.
A mixture of a school tropical breeze and intense piercing heat as is characteristically brandished by the afternoon African summer skies, take centre stage and reign over the lake shores. The air smells of different forms of decay, swaying from deserted ships, to the right, abandoned tables used for cutting fish, to the left are greenish seaweed filtrate floating on the lake ahead.
KwaZulu-Natal has come out tops as the most visited province in South Africa.
MBARARA Resident district commissioner, Clement Kandole, has urged hotel and lodge owners to carefully verify documents of their customers.
THE release yesterday of the inaugural Domestic Tourism Survey by Statistics SA takes the agency another step closer to more accurately measuring tourism's contribution to gross domestic spend (GDP).
RwandAir Express resumed flights to Nairobi, Kenya, with two daily frequencies starting early last week. The flights have been rescheduled after two weeks of suspension.
Fifteen representatives of tour and travel agencies were recently awarded certificates after a six-day training that was sponsored by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
What currently ails Loliondo Game Controlled Area could easily be replicated at Tarangire National Park; the line separating hunting activities and conservation in the area is rapidly fading.
The roar of the violent ocean waves, sights and sounds of the ships, and palm trees around the beach are some of the refreshing and inspiring things about Pemba Bay, one of Mozambique's busiest tourist centres.
The chamber of deputies started, on Friday afternoon looking at the draft budgets of the following ministries for 2010:
Construction of a five star hotel in Kigali city that is expected to create 400 jobs has started.
Pilgrims from Nasarawa State on Saturday protested against the decision to shift their departure date from December 6 to December 9, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The Federal Government is set to concession four International Airports, Chief Exe-cutive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Mr Richard Aisuebeogun has said.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu yesterday dismissed the recent statement credited to the Aviation Minister, Babatunde Omotoba to the effect that the Akanu Ibiam airport has not been designated as an international airport by the Federal Government, saying that the minister was being economical with the truth.
Airlift of pilgrims back to Nigeria after this year's pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has run into a hitch as Nigeria's daily flight slots have been reduced from 15 to 6 by the Saudi authorities.
An American lady, who has lived in Ethiopia for three and half years, once got into a bet with her Ethiopian boyfriend about who was going to win the 2008 US presidential elections. Her boyfriend vowed there was no way (in heck) that Barack Obama could beat John McCain.
Uganda is such a beautiful place as Bernard Opwonya Tokwiny found out when he took a trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park
The fast growing Nigerian carrier, Nigerian Eagle Airlines (formerly Virgin Nigeria Airways) has again signed partnership deal with another international airline, Delta Air Lines.
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said the Sosoliso aircraft, DC 9 which crashed at the Port Harcourt airport while it was about to land on the runway on December 10, 2005, may have been caused by bad weather. T
Organisers of the prestigious Nigerian Information Technology and Telecommunications Award (NITTA) have described Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. as a man noted for "doing things that people thought were impossible". This remark was made as the Globacom Chairman was being conferred with the Telecoms Man of the Year 2009 at a ceremony in Lagos.
The handling of disasters that occasionally hit the tourism industry is now expected to improve following gazettement of the National Tourism Crisis Management Committee, a move that allows the team to raise funds to finance its activities.
