Category: African Tourism Board News
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Egypt first African Country to get COVID19 vaccine
The Media Line- July 12, 2020The Chinese consul-general in Alexandria, Jiao Li Ying, has confirmed his country’s pledge that Egypt will be among the first ... Read More
German Travel Warnings for Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Namibia challenged
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 11, 2020In Germany, two tour operators specialists in travel to Africa have filed a legal action at the Berlin Administrative Court ... Read More
Rwanda will re-open for commercial flights on August 1
Chief Assignment Editor- July 8, 2020Rwanda’s Ministry of Infrastructure issued official statement, announcing that the country's airports will re-open for scheduled commercial flight operations on ... Read More
3 weeks after reopening Tanzania for tourism no spike in COVID-19
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- July 5, 2020On June 18, Tanzania officially reopened its borders. Three weeks into this, there is no new spike in Coronavirus infection. ... Read More
WTTC Safe Travels Stamp: A hoax?
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 29, 2020The Economy or health - what is more important? Tourism or Health, what is the best way forward? Gloria Guevara, ... Read More
Presidential Candidate endorsed from Hawaii on Seychelles Independence Day
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 28, 2020Presidential Elections are upcoming later this year not only in the United States but also in the Republic of Seychelles. ... Read More
African Tourism Board Project Hope Launched
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 27, 2020The African Tourism Board Project Hope has launched. This is a ground-breaking tourism relief initiative?aimed as a response to COVID-19 ... Read More
American Charge de’Affaires in Tanzania leaves US Embassy quietly
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 26, 2020Charge d’Affaires in the United States embassy in Tanzania had left her diplomatic duties quietly after the embassy issued travel ... Read More
New Tourism: A charter flight to Rwanda to party with Mountain Gorillas
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 21, 2020Rwanda has opened its tourism after few months of closure, targeting mountain gorilla tracking tourists with a cut in the ... Read More
Monumental Tragedy for Africa unfolding in Burundi on COVID-19?
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 17, 2020Tanzania just opened its travel and tourism industry and should stay aware of the ongoing development in neighboring Burundi. In ... Read More
African Tourism Board Celebrates International Day of The African Child
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 17, 2020Celebrating the International Day of the African Child, African Tourism senior executives discussed the importance of youths on development of ... Read More
Millions of African Children Risk Child Labor in COVID-19 Crisis
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 16, 2020Celebrating the International Day of the African Child which happens on Tuesday, June 16, millions of African children are at ... Read More
The International Day of The African Child: Join the Party Virtually!
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 15, 2020The African Tourism Board wants the world to join the party. The party is about the International Day of the ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority arrests four poachers in silverback gorilla death
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- June 12, 2020Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) this week arrested four poachers in the southern sector of Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park, following ... Read More
COVID-19 Threat: African School Children Face Dilemma
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 11, 2020With preparations going on to celebrate the Day of the African Child next week, over 250 million primary and secondary ... Read More
Why tourism is the only logical focal point to rescue the economy in Seychelles?
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 8, 2020The only logical focal point in the upcoming presidential election in Seychelles is tourism after COVID-19. The only logical focal ... Read More
The key for reopening travel and tourism may be in Jamaica
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 6, 2020You may be feeling the rhythm of Jamaica when it comes to reopening travel and leadership. In Hawaii, the CEO ... Read More
rebuilding.travel added reopeningtourism.com, financial strategies, and climate-friendly discussions
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 1, 2020Rebuilding.travel, a grassroots organization started by the Travel News Group. Rebuilding Travel is currently 569 tourism leaders strong. Rebuilding travel ... Read More
Africa Day Celebrates Virtually with African Tourism Board Uniting Mother Africa
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 29, 2020"We all?came out of?Africa,” said Dr. Taleb Rifai, patron of the African Tourism Board (ATB), and former UNWTO Secretary-General. “That ... Read More
Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Africa: ATB Webinar
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 28, 2020Sharing perspectives on the economic impact of COVID-19 on Africa, key leaders in tourism and the African economy want the ... Read More
Why Tourism is the key to win a presidential election?
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 25, 2020How important is the travel and tourism industry for a country, its people, and the world that a former tourism ... Read More
UN and EU irrelevant? Former UNWTO chief Dr. Taleb Rifai worried
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 22, 2020At yesterday's rebuilding.travel webinar, Alain St.Ange, who is running to become the next president for the Republic of Seychelles had ... Read More
Opening Seychelles Tourism to Israeli Visitors First
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 21, 2020Seychelles has no active cases of coronavirus, and no one died in this Indian Ocean island republic, often seen as ... Read More
African Tourism Board reaching out to the European Union
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 19, 2020African Tourism Board (ATB) Task Force members and tourism experts aired their views, seeking the European Union to support Africa ... Read More
Elephant Penises gets 14 Chinese arrested in Uganda
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- May 19, 2020Fourteen Chinese nationals were Monday arraigned before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate's court in Uganda, on charges of illegal possession ... Read More
Africa Tourism Film Festival Award Winners Announced
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 12, 2020The International Tourism Film Festival Africa (ITFFA) has released the winning entries for the 2020 ITFFA Awards, which can be ... Read More
Domestic and regional tourism key to Africa’s post-COVID-19 recovery
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 11, 2020Developing domestic and regional tourism is the best strategy that would make African continent a single destination, taking into account ... Read More
Washington DC Tour Guide is an inspiration for the future of global travel and tourism
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 11, 2020Francoise Kameni Lele is on her way home to Yaounde, Cameroon thanks to the unselfish work of an unemployed tour ... Read More
Domestic, Regional Tourism is key in Africa’s post COVID-19 recovery
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 10, 2020Setting the agenda for the development of tourism in Africa, domestic and regional tourism is the best strategy that would ... Read More
Warning: Islamic State Terror Targeting Egypt and Suez Canal
The Media Line- May 10, 2020Analysts say the security situation in Egypt’s North Sinai region is deteriorating following a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State. ... Read More
Tanzania launches digital tourism amid COVID-19 pandemic
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 8, 2020Foreign tourists planning for wildlife safari in Tanzania and East Africa, can now view the Great Wildebeest Migration through live-stream ... Read More
Rwanda commits to supporting local tourism in post-COVID-19 recovery
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 7, 2020Rwanda's local tourism sector will be one of the beneficiaries of the soon to be launched COVID-19 recovery fund, that ... Read More
International community urged to support African Travel and Tourism
Harry S. Johnson- May 6, 2020Five international air transport and tourism bodies have launched an appeal to international financial institutions, country development partners and international ... Read More
Project Hope by ATB is Taking a Lead on Tourism Recovery in Africa
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 4, 2020Project Hope Africa is a project to give tourism, especially on the African continent during and after the COVID-19 crisis, ... Read More
Hot and Trending in 85 Countries is rebuilding travel
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 3, 2020Generation C are all of us in the travel and tourism industry and the traveling public. Generation C is the ... Read More
Travel and Tourism Industry grassroots initiative “rebuilding.travel” already in 80 countries
Dmytro Makarov- April 29, 2020Rebuilding.travel? provides a channel for top leaders in the travel and tourism industry to interact with motivated stakeholders in an ... Read More
