Tattered roads and the poor state of jetties leading to and out of Lamu islands have made it difficult for tourism players to market the World Heritage site as a tourist destination, two officials have said.

For Fred Jiwa, an artist and hawker on the public beach in Mombasa, business seems to be drifting to a different level.

Competition for air passengers on the Nairobi-Eldoret route intensified yesterday after the entry of a third airline company.

The trend towards the commercialisation of tourism schemes disguised as sustainable, nature-based, environmentally friendly ecotourism ventures has become the subject of considerable public controversy and concern. These schemes may have serious impacts on nature and society, particularly in the South.

A Kenya-based airline, Delta Connection is planning direct flights from Juba to Dubai soon, its managing director, Mr. Arvin Pahwa has said.

The Brussels Airlines Group is pushing up its stakes in DR Congo with a minority buy in.

25 Rwandan hotel and restaurant managers are undergoing a two -week capacity building training on career management.

Mauritius has different places of interest that you will love to visit, but I will take you to one of their most captivating resort you will surely wish to visit and that is the Le Touessok?

THE UPPER EAST Regional branch of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has celebrated this year's World Tourism Day in honour of women for their immense contribution towards the growth of ecotourism in the region.

As count down to the 2007/2008 tourist season is getting nearer day by day people working in the tourist industry are expecting a promising season.

The race for rights to put up new tourism facilities at the Meru Conservation Area has officially kicked off with the publication of a notice inviting bids for leases.

Kano state government is to review the law that established the state tourism board to conform with global challenges.

Activities marking the World Tourism Day in Nigeria climaxes in Jos, capital of Plateau state on a hilarious note as ace comedian, Julius Agwu stages his popular Crack Ya Ribs, for the first time in the city.

The minister of state in the ministry of Culture and Tourism Alhaji Idi Hong has commended the idea behind organising a travel market in Nigeria.He said this while receiving the organisers of AKWAABA Travel Market in his office in Abuja

National parks such as Etosha are national treasures and their tourism potential should be harnessed for the benefit of all Namibians, says President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

Until recently it would have been hard to think of Karamoja as a tourist destination.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians to harness the potential of the country's most valuable assets for their benefit.

BUDGET airline Mango has launched a business class tailored to the needs of entrepreneurs and the small to medium-sized enterprise market.

PASSENGERS checking in at OR Tambo International Airport will by 2009 to able to do so in less than 30 minutes, Airports Company SA (Acsa) said yesterday.

LIGHT-bulb moments usually occur unexpectedly. Conservation Corporation Africa (CC Africa) CEO Steve Fitzgerald had his moment in 2002 while shooting the breeze in New York with Nepalese billionaire businessman Binod Chaudhary and Rajiv Gujral, a director of India's leading hotel