IATA tells reason for slowing demand and downgrade on air transportation outlook The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a downgrade of its 2019 outlook for the global air transport industry to a $28 billion profit (from $35.5 billion forecasts in December 2018). That is also a decline on 2018 net post-tax profits which…
The African Tourism Board knows the importance of connectivity for the growing travel and tourism industry to the continent. African Tourism Board objective is to sell Africa as a shared destination. Airlines see there is money in serving routes to Africa, and more and more carriers establish routes. Africa is now also on all major…
ATTES will be the largest summit ever held in Africa. . . The African Tourism Board is planning to partner with Africa’s Trade, Transport and Energy Summit (ATTES) to make sure travel and tourism are not overlooked by the largest summit ever held in Africa. Africa, the world’s second-largest continent in size and population, has a wealth of biodiversity and…
The full list of Indian Ocean & of Africa winners of the 26th World Travel Awards™. Indian Ocean Indian Ocean’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2019 Mauritius Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline 2019 Air Mauritius Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline – Business Class 2019 Air Mauritius Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline – Economy Class 2019 Air Seychelles Indian Ocean’s…
Botswana’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 process with local authorities, affected communities, NGO’s, tourism businesses, conservationists and researchers. The Ministry stated that the increase in elephant and predator populations as a…
Tanzania and Zimbabwe have recently witnessed a boost in Chinese tourist traffic. The two African countries welcomed a contingent of over 300 Chinese tourists that toured Tanzania, Djibouti and Zimbabwerespectively. The Chinese delegation that included business people, journalists and leisure tourists, came to Africa following efforts by the Zimbabwean and Tanzanian governments to augment numbers of tourists from the Asian continent.…
Tanzanian ambassador to Rwanda, Ernest Mangu, is engaging tour operators from both countries to create synergies, in his latest efforts to pursue an economic diplomacy. The scope of economic diplomacy can encompass the all of the main international economic activities of a state including, but not limited to, policy decisions designed to influence exports, imports,…
Russian Consulate General in Guangzhou warned Russian tourists about tightening control when entering China. Travelers may be asked to show the content of their smartphones. It clarifies that when a transit flight goes through China’s international airports, migration services can check travelers. Employees of the service will conduct individual interviews, as well as checking the…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for April 2019 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 4.3% compared to April 2018. April capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 3.6%, and load factor climbed 0.6 percentage point to 82.8%, which was a record for the month…
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will come into force on Thursday. It will be the largest free trade agreement by population that the world has seen since the 1995 creation of the World Trade Organization. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said over the weekend that the required 22 ratifications have been received. The latest…