Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category
Kenya Airways Launches a Third Weekly Service to Seychelles
Kenya Airways has launched from this week a third weekly service linking Nairobi in Kenya to the mid ocean tourism islands of the Seychelles. Kenya Airways is currently the only African airline to serve the Seychelles. They have been the faithful partner of Seychelles sing the 1970s and have been supportive to the tourism development of [...]
July 11, 2011
Posted in: Africa, Airlines & Railways, Seychelles
Rwanda Development Board Launches New Bird Routes
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | July, 2011 (eTN) – The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Tourism and Conservation division, in conjunction with the Rwanda Birding Association, has launched three new routes for tourists visiting the east of the country. John Gara, the Chief Executive of the Rwanda Development Board, was at hand for the launch, [...]
July 11, 2011
Posted in: Africa
Seychelles Launches ‘Green Copy’ of Comprehensive Master Plan for Tourism
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Seychelles’ tourism industry, and in response to President James Michel’s call for the Seychelles Tourism Board to be the drivers of the Seychelles’ brand of tourism, the tourism board, in collaboration with the President’s office, has produced a ‘green paper’ of the Seychelles’ Master Plan for [...]
July 6, 2011
Posted in: Africa, Seychelles
5th IIPT African Conference Delegates Unanimously Adopt Lusaka Declaration on Sustainable Tourism Development, Climate Change and Peace
The 5th IIPT African Conference on Peace through Tourism, held at the Hotel InterContinental Lusaka, Zambia, from 15–20 May, 2011, was the best IIPT African Conference to date. More than 440 delegates from 36 countries participated in the Conference, sharing their experiences, ideas, wisdom and commitments toward the Conference theme: “Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change [...]
June 27, 2011
Posted in: Africa, Peace through Tourism
Seychelles is Represented in Livingstone, Zambia, where SADC Ministers Responsible for Tourism are Meeting
Alain St Ange, CEO of Seychelles Tourism Board, is being joined by David Germain, Seychelles’ Tourism Director for Africa and the Americas, and Glynn Burridge, the Tourism Board’s copywriter and tourism consultant at the meeting of 46th Retosa Board (SADC Ministers Responsible for Tourism) due to be held in Livingstone, Zambia between 20-23rd June 2011.
June 20, 2011
Posted in: Africa
Zimbabwe Takes Tourism to the Next Level
The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is pleased to announce Zimbabwe has joined their global destination alliance group as a founding member. As confirmed by H.E. Eng. W. Mzembi, the Minister of Tourism of Zimbabwe during the recent International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) conference in Lusaka, Zambia, his country is excited to [...]
June 15, 2011
Posted in: Africa
Parks in Africa receive global support for sustainble tourism efforts
International development banks, UN agencies, and intergovernmental organizations have pledged to support the sustainable development of tourism in a network of parks spanning ten countries in West Africa. Commitments to the West Africa Parks Project came out of a UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Donor’s Conference held in Dakar, Senegal (May 27-28, 2011), chaired by [...]
June 7, 2011
Posted in: Africa
Victoria Falls Zambia Dedicated for Peace through Tourism
By Juergen T. Steinmetz | etn What has tourism got to do with peace? One might say, Peace, that’s the government’s job. Louis D’Amore believes otherwise. He is the founding president of the International Institute of Peace through Tourism. The Canadian government commissioned him to develop a code of ethics and guidelines for sustainable tourism that has [...]
June 1, 2011
Posted in: Africa
The Declaration on Sustainable Tourism Development, Climate Change and Peace was Adopted in Lusaka, Zambia in May, 2011
The following is the Declaration on Sustainable Tourism Development, Climate Change and Peace that was adopted at the recent IIPT (International Institute of Peace through Tourism) conference in Lusaka, Zambia:
June 1, 2011
Posted in: Africa, Environment
Kenneth Kaunda Addresses IIPT Delegates With a Song on Peace, Tourism and Climate Change – First Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda made History as a Father of Zambia
By Juergen T. Steinmetz | May 31, 2011 The first president of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda addressed the opening ceremony of the IIPT (International Institute for Peace Through Tourism). The fifth IIPT conference and tourism, peace and climate change took place in Zambia May 15-21, 2011, and 440 delegates from 36 countered attended the event.  (Photo: Bea Broda [...]
May 31, 2011
Posted in: Africa