Employees work at the EgyptAir counter at Charles de Gaulle Airport. An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morn…
South Africa Is Trying to Recover Its Tourism Mojo This Year
A weak rand and a government U-turn on restrictive visa rules are helping South Africa’s tourism sector to stage a strong recovery after a shaky 2015.But a ban affecting the country’s i…
Africa Travel Week closes recording impressive growth
Three events, one week, one venue; this is what Africa Travel Week comprises of. A nexus for travel professionals across South Africa, the continent and the globe, and this year’s events exce…
Morocco Looks to Russia, China and Low-Cost Carriers to Increase Tourism Numbers
Morocco is seeking to attract more visitors from Russia, China and West Africa, as instability in nearby countries deters tourists from traditional European markets.Plans to open new air routes are…
AccorHotels Moves Forward With African Expansion Despite Security Concerns
The Novotel Dakar Hotel, an Accor property. AccorHotels Accor SA, which plans to double its hotels in Africa by 2020, said it won’t slow its expansion on the continent after al-Qaeda led atta…
Gunmen Attack Beach Hotel in Ivory Coast
The website of L’ Etoile du Sud hotel. Ivory Coast’s government said at least five people are dead after gunmen attacked beach hotels popular with foreigners on Sunday.The French army i…
Eritrea’s Capital City Is Making a Strong Push for UNESCO World Heritage Status
A patron sits inside the coffee shop in the foyer of the Roma Cinema on Samatat Avenue in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, February 20, 2016. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters In an often forgotten corner of …
Thomas Cook Extends Its Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Travel Ban Until Fall
The arrival hall is empty at the Sharm el-Sheikh Airport in south Sinai, Egypt. Ahmed Abd El-Latif / Associated Press Tour company Thomas Cook has cancelled all bookings to Sharm el-Sheikh until No…
Kenya Is Seeing the Benefits of Regional Cooperation for East African Tourism
Tourists sail on dhows around Lamu island in the Indian Ocean off the northern coast of Kenya March 27, 2013. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters The number of tourists visiting Kenya from neighboring countr…
Egypt’s Tourism Free Fall Forces Government to Cut Growth Forecast
A tour bus passes near the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt. Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press Egypt cut its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year after th…