The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has concluded a survey which monitored spending and hotel reservations during the Ghana 2008 and assessed the impact of the tournament on the hospitality sector and its contribution to the national economy.
The tourism market is offering many opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), said Jacqueline Asheeke, the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of Namibian Tourism Associations (FENATA).
More than 180 people employed in the tourism and hospitality services sector attended a specially designed Tanzania Host training programme at Arusha Hotel Training Institiute last week.
This year's tourism Indaba started in Durban on Saturday amid suggestions that tourism in the province had some way to go to maximise its potential, especially in the international market. The new airport under construction at La Mercy, 30km north
South Africa's tourism industry is not only boosting the country's economy, but individual provinces are greatly benefiting from it too, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Arts, Culture and Tourism Weziwe Thusi said on Saturday
The 2010 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) brand has been unveiled by nine Southern African countries at the Tourism Indaba 2008 in a bid to encourage tourism in these countries.
Local organising c ommittee (LOC) CEO Danny Jordaan and Deputy Finance Minister Jabu Moleketi yesterday convinced the majority of more than 200 international journalists that SA would host a successful 2010 Soccer World Cup.
The Minister of Tourism, Ms. Amna Nurhusein, said that the tourism sector has shown noticeable development over the past 17 years. In an interview with ERINA, the Minister indicated that the prevailing peace and security in Eritrea is the driving
More than 78 percent of people who attended the 2007 edition of Calabar Festival will like to return to the 'Peoples' Paradise' for the 2008 edition of the festival to relive the experience, an independent research group has said.
The Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Rejoice Mabudafhasi said in 1994, fewer than 600 000 tourists visited South Africa per year and in 2007, South Africa received just over nine million foreign arrivals.
ANigerian firm, Positive Influence Nigeria Limi-ted, has unfolded plans to float a specialised publication aimed at attracting greater business patronage in the country's aviation and hospitality industries.
Entries to South African Tourism's (SAT) Welcome Awards 2008, which celebrates service excellence in the industry, has recorded an impressive 156 percent increase from 2007, says SAT.
