Kenya’s 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
NAIROBIÂ |Â Fri May 18, (Reuters) – Kenya’s white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year. While this may be good news for Europeans seeking escape from economic storms at home, it is bad news for Suresh Sofat’s tour firm and other Kenyans hoping to cash in on hard currency earnings More...
Rwanda: New partnership to boost cultural tourism
Rwanda Museums Director General, Alphonse B. Umuliisa NYANZA – The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) has signed a pact with the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) that will see the multiplication and More...
UWA launches tourism website
Screen of new UWA tourism website The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has launched a website portal with 10 micro-sites representing Uganda’s national parks to tap in the new wave of electronic marketing and More...
Virgin Atlantic’s withdrawal adds to Kenya’s tourism woes
As Virgin Atlantic announces it will cease flights to Kenya, Gill Charlton reports on the problems the country faces in attracting the volume of tourists it used to enjoy. Last winter saw a fall in tourist arrivals More...
The glowing sunset of Bwindi
A Bwindi sunset As a guest of Ruhija Gorilla Lodge, a classy offering in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, I set out with my partner to this jewel of the jungle. Perched on the eastern side of the park More...
Kenya’s tourism industry records growth
The Government’s effort to create an enabling environment and increase its marketing allocation to the tourism industry has yielded success. Tourism was among the few industries that realised growth in 2011, a More...
USAID donates sh50m to boost tourism in Uganda
Tumusiime (right) giving a milk pot to Blaser at Igongo Cultural Centre on Monday 7th May 2012 The United States Agency for International development (USAID) has earmarked $20m (about sh50m) to imÂprove tourism More...
Kihansi toads study underway
Kihansi spray toads Scientists have embarked on a study that would lead to co-existence of the Kihansi spray toads (KST) and chytrid fungus which led to massive deaths of the species in early 2000s. The Lower More...
As Kenya slumbers, SA scales up tourism drive
As the local tourism industry reels from the effects of poor funding by the exchequer, South Africa is going full throttle to woo the rest of world to visit the rainbow nation. South Africa’ Tourism Minister Marthinus More...
House crow fight hits rock bottom in Tanzania
Indian house crow The fight against Indian house crow in the country remains protracted as what appeared to be the last and the best hope to eliminate the oriental native threatens to be unaffordable. “So More...
