Botswana Tourism Organisation Winner, Destination Stewardship Award 2010
The Okavango Delta Ramsar Site (ODRS): a unique 55, 374km² water and game rich area within Botswana’s desert environment. It includes the Tsodilo [...]
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Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2010 – Winner
Posted on 15 February 2011
NAMIBIA has been shortlisted for the World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC) awards in the community benefits category together with India and New Zealand.
Posted on 13 January 2011
Copyright: www.namibian.com.na
Namibia’s communal conservancy tourism sector has been nominated as a finalist in the Tourism for Tomorrow Award programme backed by the WTTC.
These awards are the most prominent and prestigious [...]
World Bank Gets Into Eco Tourism With Elephant-Friendly Mozambique Hotel
Posted on 12 January 2011
Copyright:Jenara Nerenberg
The World Bank has announced a $3 million investment to create jobs and boost sustainable conservation through a community-conceived ecotourist resort.
Mozambique is gearing up to build a $3 [...]
Massive US funder selects eligible countries approves $ 350m for Malawi
Posted on 12 January 2011
Copyright: Valere Tjolle
The US government Millennium Challenge Corporation also selected Ghana and Georgia
At its quarterly meeting, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors selected Ghana and Georgia [...]
PATA to be Partner in 5th IIPT African Conference
Posted on 11 January 2011
Copyright: Pacific Asia Travel Association
IIPT is proud to announce that the Pacific Asia Travel Association has agreed to be a partner in the 5th IIPT African Conference, Meeting the Challenges [...]
A&K Sanctuary Olonana in the Masai wins Eco Warrior Environmental Award
Posted on 15 December 2010
Copyright: etravelblackboard
The Eco Warrior Awards were announced this week – and we are delighted that Sanctuary Olonana, one of bercrombie & Kent’s exclusive tented camps in the Masai Mara, was one [...]
Cape Town tourism takes Big Issue vendors to the top
Posted on 01 December 2010
Copyright: Valere Tjolle
Cape Town’s summer tourism season is getting underway and Cape Town Tourism has launched a summer campaign with the message: “Love Summer! Love Cape Town!”.
To celebrate, Cape Town [...]
Tourism can help meet Biodiversity Targets, UNWTO says
Posted on 04 November 2010
Copyright: Theodore Kourelis
UNWTO has called on delegates attending the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Japan, to recognize tourism’s [...]
Tourism rises by over 300 percent in Angola
Posted on 04 November 2010
Copyright: Angop
Benguela – Tourism in Angola has risen by more than 300 percent in terms of entry of foreigners from 2002 to September 2007, Angop learned.
This was said Wednesday in central [...]
SOUTH AFRICA – NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD IN FAIR TRADE TOURISM
Posted on 29 October 2010
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Copyright: Claire Neilson
In July 2009, Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to investigate the possibility of developing tools [...]
- Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2010 – Winner
- NAMIBIA has been shortlisted for the World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC) awards in the community benefits category together with India and New Zealand.
- World Bank Gets Into Eco Tourism With Elephant-Friendly Mozambique Hotel
- Massive US funder selects eligible countries approves $ 350m for Malawi
- PATA to be Partner in 5th IIPT African Conference
- A&K Sanctuary Olonana in the Masai wins Eco Warrior Environmental Award
- Cape Town tourism takes Big Issue vendors to the top
- Tourism can help meet Biodiversity Targets, UNWTO says
- Tourism rises by over 300 percent in Angola
- SOUTH AFRICA – NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD IN FAIR TRADE TOURISM
