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  • Cote d’Ivoire to re-emerge as a tourism destination

    ABIDJAN, 2016/06/18 Côte d’Ivoire is working to burnish its image as a major tourist destination through increased capital investment and government-led initiatives, inclunding regulatory reforms, promotional campaigns and security improvements. The country has a broad offering, ranging from cultural diversity to conference facilities, and a wealth of natural attractions. However, the political instability of the previous decade impacted Côte d’Ivoire’s appeal as a tourist destination, and as the country has stabilised, the government has sought to recapture its former allure. In 2014 Côte d’Ivoire hosted 471,000 international visitors, up 24% year-on-year and nearly twice the number recorded in 2010. Additional than 500,000 visitors were estimated to have arrived last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT), roughly in line with the government’s projections needed to reach its target of 1m visitors by 2020.

  • Tourism Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands: Africa's latest adventure destination

    ZIMBABWE, 2016/06/13 The Aberfoyle Lodge was the destination of my initial day on safari in Zimbabwe and at the same time as I arrived, over 7 hours next leaving the capital Harare, was the long journey over thankfully good roads swiftly forgotten and forgiven. Next getting into my room it was a quick dash, even before turning my attention to the waiting lunch, to take some photographs as the sun threatened to disappear behind the surrounding mountains.

  • Bangalore, India gives Seychelles a special welcome

    INDIA, 2016/06/12 The Seychelles Tourism Industry were in India last week on what they called a Tourism Promotional Roadshow that took them to Chennai and as well to Bangalore. This Promotional Roadshow was a followup to similar events but a year ago in Delhi and Mumbai and the aim of this drive into India was for the tropical islands of the Seychelles to increase its visibility in order to remain relevant as a holiday option for the Indian holiday makers.

  • The future of the tourism in Egypt Accessibility and attracting investors the key issues for tourism industry say industry leaders

    EGYPT, 2016/04/07 Egypt’s major tourism stakeholders are optimistic about the next of the rapidly rebounding sector as the Ministry of Tourism’s strategy takes flight While Egypt and its world-famous attractions may have been a must-visit destination for a lot of people, since the 2011 revolution times have been tough on the tourism industry. The fall in tourist numbers has led to action by the government and the Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA) in the form of a $68 million campaign that aims to reach 20 million tourists by 2020. However, with the arrival of political stability, Egypt’s tourism sector is presently seeing gradual recovery. 9.9 million tourists came to the country in 2014, up from 9.5 million in 2013. The campaign aims to further increase tourism numbers by focusing on six major areas: marketing, accessibility, cultural development, productivity, business development and new project development.

  • Morocco Bids to Replace Turkey, Egypt as Russian Tourist Destination

    EGYPT, 2016/04/03 The North African kingdom wants to quintuple the number of Russian tourists within three years. 31 March 2016 Additional nations are seeking to exploit Egypt’s and Turkey’s tourism woes by making inroads into the Russian sun-and-sand package tour business. Morocco has joined the race, revealing plans to attract far larger numbers of Russian tourists, Moroccan Minister of Tourism Lahcen Haddad says. “Russia offers us a large opportunity. We want to increase the number of arrivals from Russia by 400 %, from 40,000 per year to 200,000 per year, over three years,” Haddad says as reported by Bloomberg.

  • Morocco wants more Russian tourists

    CASABLANCA, 2016/04/03 The Ministry of Tourism of Morocco is planning to attract additional travelers from Russia, China and West Africa next a significant decline in tourism from Europe. The opening up of new air routes is underway, according to the minister Lahcen Haddad. “We want to increase the number of arrivals from Russia from 40,000 to 200,000 per year over three years,” said Haddad, pointing out that Russia offered Morocco large opportunities. Tourism from Europe has declined significantly in recent years due to the turmoil in traditional holiday destinations in the Middle East. Instability in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia since the Arab Spring inclunding recent terrorist attacks in Turkey are keeping European travelers away.

  • Resort集团佛得角新酒店11月落成

    佛得角, 2016/03/26 佛得角报章《Expresso das Ilhas》报道，Resort集团（http://www.theresortgroupplc.com/）正在萨尔岛上兴建的新酒店Llana Beach Hotel将于11月落成。 该项目估计耗资约8,000万欧元，占地面积近75,000平方米面积，该酒店将提供600间套房、七个游泳池、夜总会、五间餐厅、会议室、水上运动等设施。

  • Resort Group’s new hotel in Cabo Verde opens in November

    CAPE VERDE, 2016/03/26 The new hotel of the Resort Group (http://www.theresortgroupplc.com/) that is being built on the island of Sal, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) – the Llana Beach Hotel – will be ready in November, Cape Verdean newspaper Expresso das Ilhas reported. The project, costing an estimated 80 million euros, covers an area of almost 75,000 square metres and will offer its guests 600 suites, seven swimming pools, night clubs, five restaurants, conference rooms and water sports, amongst other facilities.

  • Djibouti gears up for tourism drive

    DJIBOUTI CITY, 2016/02/12 Djibouti is looking to tap into rising request for niche getaways as part of a broader bid to develop its tourism industry over the next two decades. On the coast of the Red Sea and home to a range of incomparable landscapes, Djibouti is particularly keen to focus on the adventure and ecotourism segments. Business travel is as well being targeted, with the country looking to bolster its role as a gateway to the neighbouring 94m-person Ethiopian economy through improved infrastructure and commercial links. Developments over the next decade, inclunding two new luxury hotels and two planned airports, indicate that the national drive to boost visitor numbers is by presently advancing, though concerns over infrastructure shortfalls remain.

  • Kenya’s tourism sector set to recover

    KENYA, 2016/01/30 Next declines following attacks by Somalia-based militants and piracy, Kenya’s $1bn a year tourism sector looks set to for a robust recovery in 2016. The sector turned around over Christmas with hotels in Kenya, concentrated in Coast province on the Indian Ocean, experiencing 80-90 % bookings, up from 50 % at the same time last year. In 2014, tourism’s contribution to Kenya's economy was worth 4.1 % of the country's total GDP, second only to agriculture, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. The country boasts world class beach and safari destinations, but security concerns over the completed few years have reduced the number of visitors.
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