The late former Minister of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Nicolaus Onverwag Bessinger, has been declared a national hero and will be buried on Saturday, says a statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The northern tourism circuit as depicted in our pages today should be a journey to the cradle of mankind. But for many years this region, which covers the Sibiloi National Park, has been neglected despite its heritage and importance to

The formation of a dedicated entity to tell the true story of a country that has for the past few months witnessed nothing but battering is certainly welcome.

The Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) has embraced viable initiatives tailored to foster increased and improved service provision in the tourism sector.

Rainbow Towers will spend US$10 million over the next 24 months upgrading its hotels, half of it being spent on the group's flagship Rainbow Towers.

The Namibia Community Based Tourism Assistance Trust (Nacobta) last week launched a programme aimed to assist small operators in the tourism industry to become competitive.

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) is to buy radar for commercial flights' surveillance, at a budgeted cost of 70 million Br. It will be one of the 15 capital expenditures that the Authority plans to make in the current

GOVERNMENT should sell off some shares in Air Namibia to a well-established airline that could carry out the national carrier's functions, Herero Chief Kuaima Riruako has proposed in the National Assembly.

SIX British visitors to Namibia were injured when the tour company vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the C14 road southeast of Walvis Bay on Thursday, the Police reported yesterday.

A GROUP of tourists of various nationalities, calling themselves the Great Adventure People (GAP), spent their Monday afternoon cleaning the riverbed between the Swakop River mouth and the bridge.

As part of maximising what it has in its local menus, the Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) is quickly turning its attention to the remotest, but well endowed northern tourism circuit.

Sarova Salt Lick Lodge in the Taita Hills Wildlife sanctuary has experienced a boom in domestic tourist arrivals.

Tourists from Italy and Norway highly appraised the prevailing peace and security in Eritrea, as well as its rich tourism potentials.

The stalemate over the establishment of a grand coalition government is having negative effects on tourism, Muslim leaders have said.

The 3 rd edition of the Mediterranean Tourism forum (Meditour 2008) is due to take place at the Yasmine Hammamet resort from May 21 to 24, 2008 on the theme "New trends in Mediterranean tourism".