About 95,000 Nigerian Muslim faithful are to join other Muslims across the world in performing this year's holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

Tourism remains a major money-spinner with its contribution to Namibia's gross domestic product (GDP) having increased to N$6.6 billion in 2006, said Digu //Naobeb, the Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB).

SELLING Johannesburg as a tourist destination is a tall order and the past fortnight's attacks on foreigners in Gauteng certainly does not make the task any easier.

A private developer is constructing environment-friendly housing units whose demand is growing among tourists and high-end buyers at the Coast.