During the classification of hotels by RDB, two hotels have been classified as five star leaving the rest to improve on their facilities so that their stars can change. Some hotels have not been classified like Umubano Hotel which is formerly owned by the Libyan African Investment Portfolio yet is considered on of the best […]
Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed less air accidents in 2011 compared to 2010.in 2011, 12 air accidents have been recorded and two aircrafts crashed. In 2010, air accidents left 2 dead while 10 with serious injuries and a total of four aircrafts had to be written off. The improvement in the results has been […]
More than 550 former poachers in Rwanda have contributed a lot after reforming. They have been put in to 19 cooperatives under one association Amizero in the 12 regions surrounding the Volcanoes National Park to do tourism conservation activities, protect the mountain gorillas, practice agriculture,artcrafts,guard the park, build the park’s fence and participate in informing […]
Kenya Wildlife Authority has raised park entry fee for foreign non resident tourists by 33% from $60 to $80 therefore increasing for the second time. The conservation fees has an aim of encouraging visitation during the low season in most visited parks and to reduce congestion during the peak seasons to preserve the environmental integrity […]
Indian tourists will increase this year because of a Mumbai company identified as Akqua Tourism Destinations Private Limited that will promote Tanzania’s tourism industry in India. The director of the company in India Jilesh Babla has been discussing with the two famous Indian film houses that will carry out video shooting in Tanzania’s tourist attractions […]
Security has been increased at Masai Mara Game Reserve to protect tourists against the residents that have been protesting because of the introduction of an electronic system to improve on revenue collection. Joseph Nkadado the chairman of Narok County Council said the police officers will maintain peace in the area until the disagreement of the […]
The smart card revenue collection system at the gates of Masai Mara Game Reserve has led to a separation of local leadership. The MP of Narok South and his partner have disapproved the system in which the contract gave Equity bank permission to collect revenue on their behalf. Nkoidilas Ole Lankas said the system is […]
Over one million tourists have visited Kenya in 2011.because of the Al- Shabaab attacks and the economic crisis in Europe, the country has recorded 1,039,852 visitors by the end of October which is a 16% increase from the same time in 2010 where 896,228 visitors were received. The tourism industry earnings have been Sh81.9 billion […]
The plan for starting a baseline survey in Rufiji delta by World Wildlife Fund for Nature that will help residents to get paid through REDD has been affected because they have been refused by Mangrove Management Project officials to burn down the farm huts and cutting down the coconut trees. United Nations compensates communities for […]
Bwindi National Park has been voted Africa’s number one birding site over South Africa’s well-known Kruger National Park and Cape Town’s ocean shores early this year by the African Bird club.Murchision Falls National Park carried the ninth place among the top 10 birding sites in the continent. In October 2011 Virunga volcanoes took the number […]