Nick Maes visits three South Africa hotels that have adopted the Fair Trade ethos Jan Harmsgat Country House.
The Georgian-Russian conflict, which began on August 7, has dealt a devastating blow to the country’s fledgling tourist industry.
Having lost their only income source when the Uis tin mine shut down, a community in the Namibian desert is slowly being resurrected by locals.
”When do you turn off the mist?”; ”Is this where Ozzy and Sharon actually live?”; ”Where are all the hobbits?”
A storm of public protest has erupted over Namibian authorities’ decision to allow six Kunene region elephant bulls to be shot as trophies.
Hundreds of thousands of the migrant workers who built Olympic venues and beautified the city have already been sent home.
Lisa Johnston has herself committed to a cosy cocoon on a cold Cape Town weekend.
Perceptions of violent crime are the ”Achilles heel” hindering growth in tourism in South Africa, a top tourism official said on Thursday.
The commander of the latest United States shuttle mission on Tuesday welcomed the advent of space tourism.
Kenya’s tourism earnings tumbled 32% in the first half of this year from the same period in 2007 after a bloody post-election crisis.
Cinema-goers around the world will be targeted in a global campaign to advertise South Africa as a tourist destination, SA Tourism said on Thursday.
As the dollar sinks against the euro, more and more European travellers are arriving on Florida shores.
It’s not surprising tourism is Thailand’s number-one employment generator. It’s amazing to walk down the street at any time of the day without fear.
The Eiffel Tower is to bring in online ticketing in a bid to slash waiting times of up to two hours for its seven million annual visitors.
The launch of regular direct flights between China and Taiwan has been hailed as a symbol of progress, but industry workers are not all convinced.
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/ 26 October 2007
Traditional fishermen and coastal communities are confused and bewildered by the perlemoen ban, the Masifundise Development Trust said on Friday. It was reacting to the Cabinet announcement on Thursday that all wild perlemoen harvesting will be suspended indefinitely from the end of this month.