Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

It’s Spring, it’s Tourism Month and Joburg is Set to Rock!

“Every year, Joburg bursts into spring with a flurry of festivals and events, encouraging all to celebrate the new season by getting out and about, and this year is no different,” said Lindiwe Kwele, CEO of the Johannesburg Tourism Company. “From signature events like Arts Alive and the Joburg Shopping Festival in September, to Africa [...]

September 2, 2011   Posted in: Africa

New South Sudan tourism Minister Appointed

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN | August, 2011 (eTN) – South Sudan President Gen. Salva Mayardit Kiir has last week put final touches on the first post-independence cabinet, after first creating 29 ministries before, on subsequent days, appointing the ministers holding the respective portfolios.

August 30, 2011   Posted in: Africa

Zambia – The Perfect Destination Awaits You

Story & Pictures by Agha Iqrar Haroon (Former Consultant Ministry of Tourism Government of Pakistan & Former President Ecotourism Society Pakistan (ESP) “Zambia must be promoted by world tourism leaders,” was my expression while leaving Zambia after my eight days tour. I knew before touching Lusaka international airport that Zambia is in rich wildlife, but [...]

July 12, 2011   Posted in: Africa

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