Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk says the opening of a SA Tourism’s regional marketing office in Lagos, Nigeria, will boost tourist arrivals at the OR Tambo International Airport. Speaking at the opening in Lagos, Van Schalkwyk said this was an invitation for Nigerians, Ghanaians and other countries in West Africa to come explore the beauty […]
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SA Tourism sets up in Nigeria
May 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Training in the Safari industry
May 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This new year, Bushwise, a leading professional training provider in the Safari industry in South Africa, has expanded its career-boosting course offerings to now provide Hospitality Internships at luxury safari lodges across South Africa, alongside it’s long-standing top-ranking Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) Safari Field Guide Training Course. Bushwise has welcomed almost 300 […]
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Excitement About Inaugural WTM Africa
February 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The inaugural World Travel Market Africa, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 2nd – 3rd May 2014 is attracting exhibitors from all categories of the leisure, luxury travel and meetings industries. [Read more…]
Travel fairs targeted over Botswana boycott
January 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Protestors have targeted Botswana tourism at the Adventure Travel Show in London and the Fitur travel fair in Madrid, to highlight Botswana’s persecution of Africa’s last hunting Bushmen. Supporters of tribal rights organization Survival International handed hundreds of flyers to visitors and tourism industry professionals, urging them to stay away from Botswana until the Bushmen […]
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Gauteng pledges to preserve Madiba legacy
January 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Gauteng province has been home to the late former President Nelson Mandela since his youthful departure from Qunu in the Eastern Cape. He has lived in Alexandra, Soweto, Pretoria and Houghton in Johannesburg, where he resided until his death. Inspired by his teachings and principles, Gauteng Tourism is pledging to continue preserving Madiba’s legacy […]
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Ethiopia – Ride Rough Guides
December 31, 2013 By 1 Comment
Ethiopia is Rough Guides’ number one country to visit in 2014. To celebrate, adventure travel company Secret Compass is launching its first expedition to mountain bike through the country’s UNESCO-protected Simien Mountains. [Read more…]
Travel companies join Botswana boycott
October 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Only weeks after Survival International called for a boycott of Botswana tourism, two travel companies have suspended their tours to the country and several others have expressed concern about the Botswana government’s continued persecution of the Bushmen. The government is stopping the Bushmen from hunting and forces them to apply for permits to access their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). [Read more…]
Botswana emergency travel documents change
April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Okavango Delta
Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says South Africans who want to travel to Botswana must make the necessary arrangements to get their travel documents, which will allow them to enter Botswana without any hindrance. [Read more…]
Gorongosa, Hidden Eden
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Gorongosa National Park
Once devastated by civil war, Gorongosa National Park is today one of Africa’s most exciting wilderness experiences. A safari here illustrates what happens when nature is given the chance to rebound, and the park is again home to the plentiful wildlife which drew safari enthusiasts in its heyday in the 60s and 70s. Guests visiting this extraordinary restoration project can take advantage of a special offer to celebrate the opening of Kubatana Camp in July this year. [Read more…]
