President Jakaya Kikwete is concerned about the increasing number of hotels in national parks. He said yesterday the construction of "too many" hotels in the State-run parks posed a serious threat to tourism and should be stopped.

The saga of the huge consignment of elephant tusks smuggled from Tanzania to Vietnam in March arose in the National Assembly yesterday, with Same East MP Anne Kilango-Malecela vowing to block the tourism ministry's budget unless a parliamentary team is

A cultural tourism project at Mto wa Mbu in Arusha region has been picked to serve as a model for others initiated in various parts of the country.

BARELY three months after buying Leopard Rock, LonZim has appointed project managers to oversee the US$1.7 million refurbishment of the hotel in a major boost for the country's tourism industry.

IN its resolve to open up the rural areas of the state and quicken the pace of its industrial development, the Imo State Government under the leadership of Chief Ikedi Ohakim, is accessing N18.5 billion bond from the nation's capital

A British millionaire who wants to build luxury apartments at the Kenyan coast has lost the first round of a battle seen as key to the future of local marine life.

A British millionaire who wants to build luxury apartments at the Kenyan coast has lost the first round of a battle seen as key to the future of local marine life.

With less than a year before the 2010 Fifa World Cup kicks off, hosts South Africa are hoping the tournament will leave a lasting legacy on the Rainbow Nation.

Alhaji Isa Shuaibu is the Director Parks and Recreation Department in the FCT. In this interview granted to Mustapha Suleiman, he talked about the new Bahtona and Schatz Park and Resort, located behind Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, and the expectations

A few years , travelling to northern Uganda was a nightmare. Until recently, public service vehicles had to cross the Karuma Bridge with an escort of armoured convoy. Crossing the bridge was restricted to 6am-6pm.

National Assembly members, in their Thursday sitting, unanimously ratified the loan agreement between the government of The Gambia and the OPEC Fund for International Development, amounting to eight million dollars (US$8,OOO, OOO) for the phase II rehabilitation project of the

Italy's largest multi-national Finmeccanica, will open its regional offices in Nairobi on September, 2009.

The impact of the ongoing economic downturn may be more than what has been expected, with the Natural Resources and Tourism ministry indicating that almost all tourism sub-sectors recorded negative performances during the last financial year.

The Dar es Salaam Cycling Association (Chabada) has organised a 670-kilometre cycling race in a bid to promote country's tourist attractions.

With several million Muslims from all over the world expected in Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in late November, Saudi authorities are concerned that the event will facilitate the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 among pilgrims.

Kaduna State Government has indicated interest to partner with the Federal Government to develop the Kaduna airport to international status and alleviate the sufferings of people travelling by air within and outside the country from the state.

Members of the National Assembly on Thursday 9th July ratified a loan agreement between the Republic of the Gambia and the OPEC Fund for International Development for the Banjul Airport Rehabilitation Project Phase II.

Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, has set up a steering committee that would supervise concessioning of four international airports that have been earmarked for the private sector in the Public, Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement.

MORE job losses were expected in Cape Town and Durban as the hotels and events industries were hit hard by the slump in tourism, debt-counselling organisation Consumer Assist said yesterday.

A British Royal naval officer onboard the HMS Enterprises currently on visit in Freetown has said that Sierra Leone does not have well equipped hotels to accommodate the increasing number of tourists coming into the country on holidays.