Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

Masai Mara conservancies may be last hope for Masai land owners

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | March, 2010
My day started early on the Laikipia plains, as I had to catch my mid-morning flight from the Nanyuki airfield via Wilson Airport to the Masai Mara. The first leg of the journey took place in a Cessna Caravan, nearly full to capacity, including renowned Kenyan artist Kuki [...]

March 3, 2010   Posted in: Africa

3rd Annual ATA US-Africa Seminar at Washington DC Convention Center

Only 8 days until ATA’s 3rd Annual US-Africa Tourism Seminar on March 5 begins. The event will be held at The Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, Washington, DC, 20001 in Room 204 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

March 3, 2010   Posted in: Africa, United States

Tourism and mega-events joining forces to stimulate growth

South Africa, as host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, set the ideal stage for the UNWTO/South Africa inaugural Summit on Tourism, Sport, and Mega Events (Johannesburg, February 24-26). The summit, attended by some 450 delegates from 35 countries, provided a first-of-its-kind platform for best practice and knowledge sharing towards mega-events excellence.

March 2, 2010   Posted in: Africa, Travel Industry Info

Green tourism partnership in Africa yields results for environment

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | February, 2010
Making money by going green, by reducing the company’s carbon footprint to zero – now that is a challenge, but as environmental awareness ranks ever higher among long-haul travelers – and Eastern Africa is a long-haul destination from most major tourist markets – the “going green” concept is [...]

March 1, 2010   Posted in: Africa

Tanzania campaigns to woo World Cup 2010 tourists

By Apolinari Tairo, eTN | February, 2010
A few months ahead of FIFA World Cup kick-off in South Africa, Tanzania has launched a campaign that would attract global football fans and sports tourists to visit the country’s premier attractions.

February 25, 2010   Posted in: Africa

Africa travel info on the web

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | February, 2010: A new website by Simba TravelCare was launched last week via www.travelcare.co.ug, offering Ugandan travelers unprecedented direct access to bookings and travel information. All interested parties have to do is to enter their destination, preferred travel dates, and the automated website then does the rest for them, ie, [...]

February 22, 2010   Posted in: Africa

Tour dÂ’Afrique Announces a Dream Bicycle Expedition for January 2011 – Spinning the Indian Continent from Agra to Kanyakumari

TORONTO. February, 2010 — Toronto-based Tour d’Afrique), a small, socially responsible bike tour company with huge intentions, announces that registration is now open for a January 2011 departure of a cycling adventure from the Taj Mahal in Agra to Kanyakumari at the southern tip of the Indian sub continent.

February 15, 2010   Posted in: Africa

2010 to be domestic tourism year in Kenya

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | February, 2010
The Ministry of Tourism in Nairobi has declared 2010 to be the year when domestic tourism is to be supported and brought to the forefront, hoping to achieve by 2012 a 50 percent margin of business to be generated from within Kenya and the nearby region across the [...]

February 10, 2010   Posted in: Africa

Top slot in East Africa’s tourism: Tanzania vs. Kenya

By COSMAS BUTUNYI | February, 2010
Kenya faces stiff competition from Tanzania as a tourist destination of choice in the East African region. The two countries are locked in a tight scramble for international tourists and revenue, even as East African Community partner states prepare to market the region as a single tourist destination.

February 8, 2010   Posted in: Africa

Tanzania set to celebrate fifty years of Jane Goodall’s legacy

By Apolinari Tairo | Janusary, 2010
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) -Wildlife loving tourists are all along to celebrate fifty years of chimpanzee research in Eastern Africa which famous British primatologist, Jane Goodall, first began her groundbreaking studies of the primates at Gombe Stream National Park in western Tanzania.

January 29, 2010   Posted in: Africa