Located a few kilometres outside Mukono town centre en-route Kampala is a serene Jobiah Hotel. The hotel's tranquillity and set up is likened to resorts in Entebbe.

EMIRATES Airline is to introduce daily flights to Durban, South Africa, following its successful operations in Cape Town. Tim Clark, the carrier's president, disclosed that the new flights would start in December.

A technical committee has been set up to address concerns over the draft Tourism Bill, which players in the sector say is not in line with the country's vision for the leisure sector.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector funding wing of the World Bank, announced on Tuesday that it has signed with the Mozambican government an investment programme to develop the tourism sector in the country.

Theft and lose of cargo at Entebbe International Airport's cargo area will now be minimised with the installation of 43 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras.

THE GOSPEL of sustainable use of Namibia's natural resources is increasingly being preached in many parts of the country.

An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767 with 91 passengers onboard and bound for London's Gatwick airport, aborted take-off on Thursday in Malawi when two birds were sucked into the engines.

Two communal area conservancies in the Kavango region this week signed a concession agreement that will pave the way for the development of tourism facilities in the Khaudum National Park.

The Western Cape is preparing to promote itself as the destination of choice during this year's Tourism Indaba to be held in Durban from Saturday.

There was mild drama at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Intern-ational Airport, Abuja yesterday as attempts by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to stop the former minister of the territory, Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai, from