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South Africa Indaba 2013 cut to three days | affordable african safaris

South African Tourism has confirmed Indaba, the flagship travel event in Africa, will be revamped to ensure it remains the premier platform to capitalise on resilient global travel interest. After extensive consultation with the tourism industry, SAT has taken the … Continue reading

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MAGICAL KENYA TRAVEL EXPO A SUCCESS | kenya trips

The Kenya Tourist Board, aka Magical Kenya, held its annual tourism exhibition last weekend, and in spite of a challenging economic environment visitor numbers exceeded those of past years, with crowds mobbing the stands in particular on Saturday. KTB’s #TembeaKenya campaign, aimed … Continue reading

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Emirates to launch daily service to Algeria | affordable african HOLIDAYS

Emirates  Airlines will begin daily flights to Algiers from March 2013, marking the next stage of growth for the airline’s African network. An Airbus A330-200 in a three-class configuration will be deployed on the route. “Algiers will be our 22nd destination … Continue reading

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KENYA TOURISM AWARDS 2012 CONFIRM SUPERIOR CHOICES AS WINNERS | safari afrika

In recent articles about a visit to the Kenya coast there was much talk about both outstanding properties but also about mediocrity and same old same old so it was exciting news over the weekend that the Kenya Tourism Federation and Kenya … Continue reading

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TOURIST KILLING RATTLES TANZANIAS TOURISM INDUSTRY | BUDGET SAFARIS IN TANZANIA

There was  an overnight  raid and two fatal shootings at a tourist camp in the Serengeti where a  Dutch tourist and one the camps managers of Ikoma Tented Camp in the western part of the Serengeti were killed when a … Continue reading

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Mt.Elgon National park tourism threatened as animals find refuge in Kenya

A tourist walks through a crater lake covering 40 sq kilometres. The crater that was formed after the collapse of the mountain peak about two million years ago following a major eruption, is one of the biggest crater lakes in … Continue reading

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SEYCHELLES BOOST ARRIVAL SECURITY WITH NEW SCANNERS AT MAHE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Earlier this week two brand new state of the art scanners were formally commissioned by the Minister for Home Affairs and Transport Joel Morgan at the international airports arrival hall. Aimed to detect prohibited imports such as plants, seeds and … Continue reading

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Africa proud to announce two back to back tourism events (Budget gorilla trekking)

The SADC and RETOSA meetings in Mauritius this week was an opportunity for Seychelles and Zimbabwe to speak with delegates and press of major tourism events coming to Africa. The world is still reliving the successful FIFA World Cup that … Continue reading

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Kony film a positive role to Uganda Tourism (book gorilla permits)

In 2005, an attempt at promoting tourism in Uganda was made with the one million dollar ‘Gifted By Nature’ campaign on CNN. It made little impact on awareness or arrival figures. Then 2009 ‘Friend a Gorilla’ campaign had a more … Continue reading

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