News from ATTA
News from ATTA consists of a combination of news from the African continent with relevance to African Tourism along with news about ATTA for the benefit of our members.
19 January 2022
Namibia tourism sector launches COVID-19 vaccination drive
ATTA®Namibia on Tuesday launched an initiative to encourage and mobilize Namibians from all walks of life to get vaccinated, and to debunk rumours and misinformation that are contributing to vaccination hesitancy.
Read More19 January 2022
Foreign tourism grows 53pc but remains below pre-pandemic levels
ATTA®International arrivals increased 53 percent in the 12 months to December last year compared to a similar period in 2020, mainly on the renewed marketing efforts as well as confidence in the country’s efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Read More18 January 2022
LIFT is flying!
ATTA®Despite the fourth wave of COVID in South Africa, LIFT had its best month ever in December, according to CEO, Jonathan Ayache.
Read More17 January 2022
Emirates is unlikely to fly out of South Africa before February
ATTA®Emirates won’t be flying out of South Africa until at least 1 February, according to a recent notice sent to travel trade partners.
Read More17 January 2022
German Airline to Fly Into Zim By March
ATTA®Eurowings Discover has become the latest airline to express interest in flying into Zimbabwe, in a move expected to boost local tourism.
Read More14 January 2022
Cape Town welcomes first cruise liner since the start of the pandemic
ATTA®There was much excitement on Thursday 13 January 2022 as the first cruise since the start of the pandemic arrived at Cape Town’s cruise terminal.
Read More14 January 2022
Rwanda fully vaccinates close to half its population
ATTA®Rwanda says it has fully vaccinated nearly half of its population, after announcing a major COVID-19 vaccination campaign late last year. Nearly 6 million people have received their jabs out of a population of nearly 13 million.
Read More13 January 2022
MADAGASCAR: South Korea’s Samsung to plant 2 million trees in 3 months
ATTA®Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Group, has announced the planting of two million trees in Madagascar by the end of the first quarter of 2022. The operation will be followed by the digital climate solutions platform Veritree.
Read More13 January 2022
Air travel to South Africa is slowly recovering
ATTA®Following the discovery of the Omicron variant on November 24 by South African scientists, 90 countries imposed travel bans on flights from South Africa, which saw bookings drop by 85%. But, with the easing of restrictions, travel to South Africa is slowly recovering.
Read More12 January 2022
Zimbabwean president thanks China for additional donation of 10 mln COVID-19 vaccines
ATTA®Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday thanked the Chinese government for its donation of an additional 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the country.
Read More12 January 2022
Turkey reopens to South Africans
ATTA®Turkish Airlines’ Cape Town office has informed the trade that travellers from South Africa, or those who have been in South Africa in the 14 days prior to travel, may once again enter Turkey.
Read More11 January 2022
FlySafair instates twice-weekly flights to Mauritius
ATTA®Local airline FlySafair has announced it will launch flights from OR Tambo to Mauritius on 8 March 2022. Flights will be scheduled on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Read More11 January 2022
EU Ends Travel Ban on Arrivals From Southern African Countries
ATTA®The European Union has ended the travel ban that was imposed against flights from southern African countries over a month ago.
Read More10 January 2022
MK confirms flight schedule
ATTA®Air Mauritius has released information regarding its flights from South Africa to Mauritius, following the lifting of the ban on commercial passenger services to the island.
Read More10 January 2022
KENYA: WWF and DFCD call for applications for climate projects
ATTA®In Kenya, the Dutch branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) are launching a call for applications for water and sanitation, sustainable agriculture and forestry projects seeking funding and technical assistance.
Read More10 January 2022
Spain reopens to South Africans with no quarantine
ATTA®Spain has reopened all travel to vaccinated travellers from nine southern African countries, including South Africa, after it barred entry on November 30.
Read More07 January 2022
Mozambique to merge two reserves, forming new Maputo National Park
ATTA®Mozambique will merge the Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve to form a new conservation area named the Maputo National Park.
Read More07 January 2022
Mauritius - Travel Ban Lifted
ATTA®As of Friday 7 January 2022, the Covid-19 travel ban imposed by the Republic of Mauritius on the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia will be lifted and commercial passenger flights from these countries to Mauritius can resume.
Read More06 January 2022
France is now open to all fully vaccinated South African travellers
ATTA®France has removed South Africa from its “scarlet red list”, allowing vaccinated visitors entry without needing to quarantine or provide pressing grounds to travel.
Read More06 January 2022
Zimbabwe game park to receive $15 mn from new wildlife fund
ATTA®One of Zimbabwe's biggest wildlife reserves is to receive US$1 million annually from a brand-new fund to help sustain its operations and fight poaching, German conservationists said on Wednesday.
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