Category: Namibia travel news
Namibia Travel & Tourism News for visitors. Namibia, a country in southwest Africa, is distinguished by the Namib Desert along its Atlantic Ocean coast. The country is home to diverse wildlife, including a significant cheetah population. The capital, Windhoek, and coastal town Swakopmund contain German colonial-era buildings such as Windhoek's Christuskirche, built in 1907. In the north, Etosha National Park’s salt pan draws game including rhinos and giraffes.
Namibia to sell wild elephants
Harry S. Johnson- December 11, 2020 01:26Plans by the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) to capture and sell off 170 of the last free-roaming elephants among the communal farming areas of north-western and ... Read More
Adolf Hitler wins local election in Namibia
Harry S. Johnson- December 3, 2020 18:14According to the reports from Namibia, a former German colony, a man named Adolf Hitler has won local election in a landslide victory. The good news is that Namibian politician ... Read More
UNWTO chief officially launches Namibia Tourism Expo 2020
Harry S. Johnson- November 5, 2020 18:54On 4 November 2020, the Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili, officially launched Namibia's biggest tourism event, the Namibian Tourism Expo 2020. This years ... Read More
Namibia first African nation visited by UNWTO since start of COVID-19 pandemic
Harry S. Johnson- November 4, 2020 18:19The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has paid a first visit to an African Member State since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day official visit to ... Read More
Namibia re-opens to international tourists
Harry S. Johnson- August 25, 2020 19:15As from 01 September 2020, Namibia re-opens the Hosea International Airport to international tourists. This is a targeted initiative for leisure travelers and will be reviewed bi-weekly and amend as ... Read More
Africa Safari Tour Specialists in Germany Seek Court Order Over Travel Warning
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- June 16, 2020 21:22Two leading Africa safari tour specialists in Germany have filed a legal application with the Berlin Administrative Court for a temporary injunction to have the German Foreign Office's worldwide travel ... Read More
Namibia is closing tourism heritage sites and issues directives
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 17, 2020 09:45The Namibia Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture signed by the acting minister Martin Andjapa issued this urgent directive for Namibia. The World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 a global ... Read More
Flights to Namibia on Qatar Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and Lufthansa suspended
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 14, 2020 16:09Germany is widely spoken in Namibia and both family and tourism between Germany and Namibia are an important currency earner for the African country. Namibia had its first 2 cases ... Read More
Global Rescue: Tourist’s Life Saved after Inhaling Mysterious Airborne Bacteria in Namibia
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 17, 2019 08:08Scott Garrett no longer leaves the country without his Global Rescue membership card in his wallet. Garrett’s incredible story about a life-threatening illness on safari in Namibia is a testament ... Read More
Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa expands horizon for African Tourism Board
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 22, 2019 04:37The Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) with members in 9 African Countries joined the African Tourism Board today. PMAESA is a non-profit intergovernmental body based in ... Read More
Bribery in Namibia: Government forced community into silence
eTN Managing Editor- July 25, 2018 10:09Namibia’s hunting community has now been forced into silence by its own government. The country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has released a memorandum that prohibits the posting of ... Read More
Namibian Tourism Ministry brushes off questionable killing of desert elephants
editor- October 24, 2017 22:17Namibian Tourism Ministry brushes off questionable killing of desert elephants Read More