Tag: elephants
Botswana says yes again to Elephant Hunting
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 24, 2019 04:24Botswana's Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation, and Tourism announced the ban overturn on Elephant Hunting in a Facebook statement and said the decision had come after a lengthy consultation ... Read More
More confusion over the fate of Botswana‘s elephants
editor- May 20, 2019 21:14by Dr. Louise de Waal President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana categorically denies that his government would ever cull elephants, contradicting the Parliamentary Report proposing culling. However, Minister of Environment and ... Read More
Ugandan judge okays destruction of natural forest for sugarcane plantation
Chief Assignment Editor- May 3, 2019 16:10In December of last year, Judge Albert Rugadya Atwooki stepped down from the case between Natinal Forestry Authority (NFA) and the Omukama of Bunyoro Kingdom, Mr Solomon Iguru Gafabusa, regarding ... Read More
Loro Parque’s World Population Clock breaks 7,7 billion barrier
Chief Assignment Editor- April 29, 2019 15:30Loro Parque’s World Population Clock, based on estimates by the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs, has this week reached the historic figure of 7,7 billion people. According ... Read More
Sri Lanka still safe for tourists? Heartfelt plea by Jetwing Hotels Chairman Shiromal Cooray
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 25, 2019 23:15Sri Lanka Tourism is actually open for business: There is no threat to the overall safety of visitors. This is the latest message released by Sri Lanka Tourism officials and ... Read More
Gleam of hope for tourism
Alain St.Ange- April 9, 2019 23:05On March 27, all roads led to Mombasa, Kenya, for a joint business meeting organized by Uganda and Kenya and the two Presidents of both countries actually attended. The meeting ... Read More
African Game Rangers: Key conservation tourism partners in stress
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- April 6, 2019 03:03Wildlife is the leading tourist attraction and source of tourist revenue in Africa other than rich historical and cultural heritage the continent has been endowed with. Wildlife photographic safaris attract ... Read More
Young elephant shot 13 times: Tourists watched in horror
eTN Managing Editor- March 27, 2019 07:54Balule Associated Nature Reserve has justified the killing of a young elephant bull in front of tourists as an 'act of self-defense', backtracking on an original announcement condemning the act ... Read More
Uganda travel and trafficking
editor- March 23, 2019 19:00Sub-Saharan Africa has enormous tourism potential: leopards lounging in acacia trees, elephant herds drifting across vast savannah plains, gorillas and chimps rioting in deep forests, the earliest traces of human ... Read More
Botswana hunting proposal could put its tourism industry at risk
Chief Assignment Editor- March 13, 2019 15:17Botswana’s proposals to lift its hunting ban and to introduce elephant culling has fuelled political posturing, denials, misinformation, and lobbying from pro hunting and culling groups. But what does the ... Read More
Kenya’s Tourism Secretary: More visitors and fewer dead elephants
Chief Assignment Editor- March 7, 2019 20:30Last year, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Tourism Najib Balala met his goal of welcoming over two million visitors to Kenya during his term in office and was sure to report ... Read More
Best honeymoon destinations for every zodiac sign in 2019
editor- March 5, 2019 20:25Find the best honeymoon destinations for your zodiac sign in 2019 right here. There should be no difficulty finding the right location if you are guided by the stars. With ... Read More
Botswana proposes banning hunting and trade as elephant population declines
editor- February 26, 2019 13:53The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants, a further decline from 131,600 reported in 2014. The report ... Read More
Elephant Mud Fun: Tourists can get down and dirty with friendly elephants at Bali Zoo
Chief Assignment Editor- February 22, 2019 21:25Bali Zoo introduced a grand new intimate Elephant Mud Fun half-day attraction allowing guests to get down and dirty with the friendly Sumatran elephants while discovering their behavior from the ... Read More
Tanzania jails Chinese national for ivory trafficking
Chief Assignment Editor- February 19, 2019 20:20Tanzanian Resident Magistrate sentenced a Chinese national to 15 years in prison today for trafficking of elephant tusks, which prosecutors claimed to have been chopped from about 400 African elephants. ... Read More
China tells Mt Everest tourists to clean up after themselves
Chief Assignment Editor- February 19, 2019 00:47An official from the Chinese Mountaineering Association (CMA) said that Mt Everest climbers “will now be required to carry all their waste out with them.” Chinese authorities have been telling ... Read More
Uganda State Tourism Minister launches controversial Miss Curvy beauty pageant
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- February 7, 2019 01:48Ever since Miss Uganda won the coveted Miss World Africa in China on December 8, 2018, several organizers have come up with genres of beauty pageants from Miss Tourism, Miss ... Read More
Uganda officials bust major ivory and pangolin scales smuggling racket
Chief Assignment Editor- February 1, 2019 20:20Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has started reaping the results from the introduction of Non-intrusive Cargo Inspection (NII) scanning technology that this week, uncovered a major regional poaching racket. Officers at ... Read More
German parliament discuss the future of Selous – largest wildlife park in Africa
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 29, 2019 02:36The Germany parliament, the Bundestag, has raised concerns over the future of the Selous Game Reserve, the largest wildlife park in Africa, now facing a critical challenge to its survival ... Read More
German parliament discuss the future of Selous, the largest wildlife park in Africa
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 28, 2019 00:35The Germany parliament, the Bundestag, has raised concerns over the future of the Selous Game Reserve, the largest wildlife park in Africa, now facing a critical challenge to its survival ... Read More
eTN Sri Lanka contributor appointed to international board of Asian Eco-Tourism Network
editor- January 14, 2019 21:44Srilal Miththapala, senior tourism industry personality and regular contributor to eTurboNews from Sri Lanka, has been appointed to the Board of the Asian Eco-Tourism Network. Read More
Deadly Tsunami hit Indonesian coast in Lampung
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 23, 2018 00:59A deadly tsunami hit Lampung in Indonesia Sunday Morning. Dozens of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit beaches in Lampung and Banten. Lampung is a province on the ... Read More
What animal is so big, it got its own Travel Mart?
editor- December 6, 2018 16:06A new event seeks to raise awareness of growing global interest in ecotourism and at the same time, create opportunities that benefit this mammal, the environment and local communities. Read More
Elephants could stall Commonwealth Games bid
editor- July 18, 2011 05:48Sri Lanka could lose the bid for the Commonwealth Games if strong environmental activists’ concerns for about 200 elephants becoming endangered go unheard by the government, an expert said. Read More
Elephant beauty pageant held in Nepali tourist hotspot
editor- December 29, 2010 05:06A beauty pageant of elephants was held at Sauraha in Chitwan, a tourist hotspot destination in central Nepal as part of a three-day elephant festival. Read More
Cowboys and elephants
editor- October 1, 2010 06:23CHIANG RAI - There was something strangely reassuring sitting bareback high above a four-ton Asian elephant in the northern reaches of Thailand. Read More
Revisiting “The Gathering” of elephants at Minneriya National Park
editor- August 9, 2010 10:02SRI LANKA (eTN) - Recently, I spent some time in the cultural triangle area, after quite a long lay-off of about 7-9 months. Read More
President of Sri Lanka Tourist Hotels Association shares his love for and knowledge of elephants
editor- May 4, 2010 06:22Srilal Miththapala, president of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, is a wildlife and elephant enthusiast, and he was recently invited to give a talk on elephants of Sri ... Read More
Tanzania and Zambia application to sell ivory rejected
editor- March 24, 2010 03:02It was confirmed overnight from Doha that the biannual CITES meeting has indeed rejected the sale application for ivory from Tanzania and Zambia, a move undoubtedly welcomed by the conservation ... Read More
Where elephants rule
editor- February 26, 2010 03:48Elephant Sands is 54 km north of Nata, Botswana. Set in the wilderness not far from the road, the elephants have come to call this place home. Read More
Southern Africa’s elephants: treasured killers
editor- November 9, 2009 03:52Katubya, Zambia - Here's how to pitch this (true) story to Hollywood: Ordinary guy named John, ordinary Sunday, cycling home into a setting sun. Monster roars out of the bushes! Read More
Tourist trampled by Indian elephants
editor- August 17, 2009 06:56A retired schoolteacher from France has been trampled to death by wild elephants in southern India, forest officials say. Read More
Ethiopia opens dwindling elephant herd to tourists
editor- December 9, 2008 02:30Addis Ababa - Ethiopia began inviting tourists to visit its dwindling elephant herd on Monday as part of efforts to boost income from tourism. Read More
Tourists seen as a lifeline for Laos elephants
editor- April 2, 2008 03:32Laos, once known as the Land of a Million Elephants, faces warnings from conservationists that it could lose its herds within 50 years if it does not move quickly to ... Read More
Elephants as casualties of war in Sri Lanka
editor- March 25, 2008 09:37(eTN) - Conservationists around the world are again breathing uneasy following word that Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war has caused the death of 193 elephants last year, up by 13 ... Read More