African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the Blue Economy...
10 May 2019
In 2018, 67 million international tourists visited Africa, a growth of 7% - more than the global average of 6% - and 8.5% of Africa's GDP, supporting 24 million jobs, and/ or 6.7% of all jobs on the continent...
Danette Breitenbach 6 May 2019
Africa's Travel Indaba media launch, which was held at The Plant Venue Co., Durban on 3 April 2019, provided the opportunity South Africa's tourism industry to tell their success stories...
4 Apr 2019
Vox Africa has launched a new travel show hosted by UK comedian Eddie Kadi...
26 Mar 2019
Countries such as South Africa and Kenya receive two to five million visitors to protected areas each year, generating receipts of up to $90m. But as it becomes more popular worldwide, it's worth remembering that we often don't know how tourism affects the animals we observe...
Isabelle Szott and Nicola F. Koyama 25 Mar 2019
By efficient management, the sustainable exploitation of resources in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers - also known as the blue economy - could contribute up to $1.5tn to the global economy...
Ruth Waruhiu 25 Mar 2019
Earlier this month, the African Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions (AAVEA) celebrated its inception with a digital media launch, with the aim to unify and elevate the attractions sector...
15 Mar 2019
Cape Town, South Africa, was selected as one of 15 top global destinations for a case study by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the World Tourism Cities Federation...
Enver Duminy 12 Mar 2019
Botswana has an elephant poaching problem. The numbers far exceed previous years according to a new survey...
Ross Harvey 4 Mar 2019
The Radisson Hotel Group has signed 16 new hotel deals across Africa, with 96 hotels and 20,000 rooms in operation and under development across 31 countries.
12 Feb 2019
SA Tourism has announced that the 2019 Africa's Travel Indaba will be rescheduled, after the president confirmed 8 May as the date of the country's general election...
8 Feb 2019
The impact of Kenya's recent terrorist attack will be felt greatly by its tourism industry. Terrorism, and insecurity generally, is largely responsible for the sector's poor performance over the last decade.
Steven Buigut 28 Jan 2019
Africa's travel and tourism industry continued to record impressive growth in the past year. The continent hit a 63 million high in international tourist arrivals in 2017, as compared to 58 million in 2016...
Josephine Wawira 14 Jan 2019
Tanzania is now targeting China as a new and an upcoming lucrative tourist market source in South East Asia after the traditional tourist market sources of Europe, North America and South Africa...
Apolinari Tairo 4 Jan 2019
