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South Africa Still a Hit With Tourists

Tourist arrivals to South Africa grew by 10.5% for the first six months of 2012, more than double the global average of 5% for the same period. “Stats SA’s tourism figures indicate that South Africa experienced an excellent first half of the year, attracting 4,416,373 tourists to the country between January and June 2012, compared [...]

October 15, 2012No CommentRead More

Jamaica Recording Significant Boom in Tourist Arrivals

October 6, 2012 1 Comment

Despite the global economic downturn’s negative impact on travel tourism around the world, Jamaica is seeing significant growth in both its long-stay and cruise tourism. The country’s Minister of Tourism Dr Wykeham McNeill recently revealed that Jamaica achieved record stopover arrivals for the month of September 2012, making it the best performance for stopover visitors [...]

Uganda Leads Africa in Tourism Growth

October 2, 2012 No Comment

Uganda is now ranked top in tourism industry growth in Africa, the secretary of tourism in the Kenya ministry of tourism, Dr. Nelson Githinji has said. According to the 2011 tourism review in Africa, Uganda’s tourism sector grew by 25% in 2011 while that of South Africa and Tanzania realized growth of 21% and 13.4% [...]

Africa Tourism Hinges Future Growth On Diversity

September 11, 2012 No Comment

Tourism in Africa is now on the recovery process from the world economic recession and financial crisis of 2008 and 2010. However, tourism arrivals remain low compared to global averages. The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya says Africa receives 4.8 percent of the tourism market in the [...]

Number of UK Visitors to Uganda Soars

August 24, 2012 6 Comments

The number of tourists coming to Uganda from the UK and Ireland has surpassed previous years’ records despite the recent challenges. A statement from the Uganda High Commission in London said there were increased applications for Uganda immigration entry visas averaging about 50 applications per day. The peak was in May-June when applications reached the [...]

The Buzz About Haiti – as a Tourist Destination

August 8, 2012 No Comment

Haitian president Michel Martellywas back on stage this year. But instead of performing the routines that made him famous, he was proposing something perhaps more audacious: Haiti as a tourist destination. From Davos to Miami, Mr. Martelly has spent part of his first year as president promoting the country’s tourism industry as a way to both change its image and grow the [...]

South Africa Still Among Top Business Destinations

July 30, 2012 No Comment

South Africa remains among the top 15 ‘long-haul’ business events destinations in the world and is the premier business events destination in Africa, says Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk. “Our ambition is to compete with the biggest and best business events destinations in the world,” he told delegates at the opening of the annual Southern [...]

African Tourism Slowly Coming of Age

July 25, 2012 No Comment

Jet-lagged, 500 delegates from around the world arrived in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in May to deliberate on the path to Africa’s tourism future. To unwind, Zimbabwe’s Tourism Authority, host of the congress of the Africa Travel Association (ATA), had organized a fun-filled welcome. The delegates toured Victoria Falls – one of the world’s seven natural [...]