Tag: Southern Africa
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
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
The Kingdom of Eswatini Tourism Authority Teams up with African Tourism Board
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 31, 2019 06:13The Kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland joined the African Tourism Board as its latest member. The Honorable Minister of Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs Moses Vilakati will ... Read More
Connecting Africa: Rovos Rail set to introduce its first, East to West journey in Africa.
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- March 5, 2019 11:18Come July this year, Rovos Rail is set to connect Africa from the Indian Ocean on the East to Atlantic Ocean in the West through its half-a month epic journey ... Read More
Vatel Mauritius on exploratory visit to Seychelles
Alain St.Ange- March 5, 2019 02:08Renaud Azema has been given the responsiblity to spread the Vatel Brand Over the Indian Ocean and in the Southern Africa Region since 2014 by M. Sebban, the Founder and ... 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
First-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress launched
Chief Assignment Editor- February 14, 2019 19:30This year’s Valentine day was marked on Thursday with special African flavor that saw the launch of the first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) at Nairobi National Park’s historic Ivory ... Read More
African Regional ports body appoints Col. Andre Ciseau of Seychelles as SG of PMAESA
Alain St.Ange- January 28, 2019 22:14Andre Ciseau from Seychelles has been confirmed as the Secretary General of the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) headquartered in Mombasa. Col Ciseau, who took over ... Read More
East African regional airlines battle to take over the African skies
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 19, 2019 06:21East African regional airlines are now fighting a winning and losing battle over the African skies which Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways have been commanding for decades ... Read More
What’s the motive for attacking Kenya?
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 17, 2019 08:09Attacking the travel and tourism industry is the modus operandi by almost every terror group in the world. Tourism is a fragile industry and attacking the infrastructure of tourism can ... Read More
Looking for unique food travel experiences? How about bugs & grubs?
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- January 2, 2019 21:13If you are looking for an adventuresome food travel, here are some of the top buggy wormy things to eat around the globe. Read More
RwandAir flies into Ethiopian capital
Chief Assignment Editor- January 2, 2019 16:15RwandAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda based at Kigali International Airport in Kigali, announced plans to launch service to Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa in April 2019. RwandAir ... Read More
Emirates partners with Star Alliance Airline SAA
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 18, 2018 08:35Emirates, and Star Alliance Member South African Airways (SAA), the South African flag carrier, are expanding their strategic cooperation with enhancements to its codeshare agreement, opening up new destinations for ... Read More
Johannesburg remains Africa’s most popular destination city
Chief Assignment Editor- December 4, 2018 16:20Johannesburg has emerged as the most popular destination city in Africa for the fifth consecutive year, according to the annual Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index. The City of Gold attracted ... Read More
The most popular destination cities in Africa emerged
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 4, 2018 00:50Johannesburg has emerged as the most popular destination city in Africa for the fifth consecutive year, according to the annual Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index. The City of Gold attracted ... Read More
RETOSA-WES Workshop on Strategic Tourism Destination Management
editor- January 18, 2013 06:39From December 3-13,2012, the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA) and WES vzw (Brugge, Belgium) hosted a 10-day workshop at the RETOSA offices in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Afri Read More
First COMESA forum promotes sustainable tourism
editor- August 30, 2012 06:47A delegation from Seychelles is back in the country after attending the first ever Tourism Forum by COMESA (Common Market for East and Southern Africa), which was held in the ... Read More
RETOSA board meeting to see 40 delegates in attendance
editor- June 13, 2012 01:22Over forty delegates from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have confirmed their attendance to the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA) board meeting to be held in Read More
Airlines Association of Southern Africa backs Routes Africa 2012
editor- May 17, 2012 02:52Mr. Chris Zweigenthal, the Chief Executive of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa, and Mr. Gerard Brown from the Routes organization, met with Mr. Read More
Seychelles carnival becomes a new brand to Southern African tourism
editor- March 14, 2012 07:49(eTN) - After joining the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA) last year, Seychelles has added to the regional tourism body a new brand of mixed cultures, the Carnaval ... Read More
eTN talks with Executive Director of RETOSA
editor- February 6, 2012 04:48(eTN) - When tourism and travel trade executives are set to meet in Zimbabwe for the 37th Africa Travel association (ATA) Congress in May this year, it is a great ... Read More
Southern African tourism chiefs team up for partnerships
editor- February 23, 2011 06:39DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Confirming to attend the long-awaited meeting of a leading tourism organization in Southern Africa, several high-profile tourism chiefs from the Southern African region Read More
Floods in southern Africa could lead to food shortages
editor- February 8, 2011 01:24Heavy rainfall and flooding in of southern Africa have damaged large areas of farmland and crops, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, warning that communities in Read More
RETOSA in Seychelles for talks with Seychelles tourism authorities
editor- December 6, 2010 08:48Seychelles and the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA) are meeting this week in Seychelles to strenghten their existing partnership, and to see areas that could be further develo 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