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.
27 October 2021
Cape Town Partners in Tourism Make Bold Recovery Moves in Ukraine
ATTA®While South Africa adjusted its Coronavirus risk strategy to Level One, three bold Cape Town partners took matters into their own hands to start forcing a tourism recovery to support their businesses and the wider Cape Town and South African tourism sector.
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Cape Town to launch international campaign to attract more foreign visitors
ATTA®The City of Cape Town says it will be launching an international campaign in the coming months to showcase the Mother City’s splendour and attract more foreign visitors.
Read More27 October 2021
East Africa: Regional Lawmakers Root for Affordable Tourism Packages
ATTA®Members of the East African Legislative Assembly's Committee on Agriculture, Tourism, and Natural Resources on Tuesday, October 26, agreed that it makes sense to have affordable promotional tourism packages so as to revive the industry after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read More26 October 2021
Vaccination certificate stance could lose UK operators African market share.
ATTA®Travel Weekly, Comment, Published in the UK, 26 October 2021 Further delay to recognise vaccination certificates from some African countries could be last straw for some specialists, says ATTA president Nigel Vere Nicoll
Read More26 October 2021
UNWTO and AFRAA to cooperate to restart of African tourism and travel
ATTA®UNWTO has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) to work more closely together and strengthen the relationship between the aviation and tourism sectors.
Read More26 October 2021
Madagascar Reopens To US Tourists, Ending a Year-Long Ban
ATTA®One of the world’s most unique destinations, Madagascar has just begun welcoming back U.S. tourists as of October 23. An exotic island nation situated off the coast of East Africa, Madagascar had banned travelers coming from the U.S. in October 2020, along with a handful of other countries.
Read More26 October 2021
South African Tourism unveils Tourism Recovery Strategy for India
ATTA®Inspired by border openings and increased confidence in travel, South African Tourism held their maiden virtual roadshow in India to capitalise on the strong consumer and corporate traveller demand in the country.
Read More25 October 2021
Application for Membership - Stars of Africa - Solo Professional - South Africa
ATTA®Stars of Africa has applied to join ATTA®. Their membership will be approved if there are not any objections lodged within the statutory 10-day period. (See objection procedure below).
Read More25 October 2021
Qantas returns to SA in January
ATTA®Qantas will reconnect Johannesburg and Sydney with three flights a week from January 5, three months earlier than scheduled.
Read More22 October 2021
One of world’s last two northern white rhinos dropped from race to save the species
ATTA®One of the world’s last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding program aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said on Thursday.
Read More22 October 2021
British Airways and Kenya Airways agree codeshare deal
ATTA®British Airways has agreed a codeshare deal with Kenya Airways, making it easier for its passengers to fly to 20 destinations across east and central Africa.
Read More22 October 2021
SAA will not resume flights to London
ATTA®National carrier South African Airways (SAA) has elected not to resume normal operations to the UK. According to The South African, the removal of South Africa from the United Kingdom’s red list has resulted in a spike in the demand for flights between the two countries.
Read More21 October 2021
Digital gateways the new normal for SA travellers
ATTA®The recent move to Level 1 lockdown and the announcement around South Africa's (SA) removal from the United Kingdom's 'red list' is very likely to have spurred a surge in online travel bookings.
Read More21 October 2021
Ethiopian, ATB Agree to work together
ATTA®The Ethiopian Airlines and African Tourism Board (ATB) have agreed to work together. Head of Ethiopian Airlines ET Holidays, Mahlet Kebede and Chairman of the African Tourism Board Cuthbert Ncube have discussed on various ways of working together for a new chapter of cooperation and success.
Read More20 October 2021
FlySafair wants longer weekends to promote travel – and aims to move public holidays
ATTA®South Africa’s low-cost airline, FlySafair, wants the Public Holidays Act to change by moving midweek off-days to Monday or Friday. Long weekends promote travel and this change, the airline says, will aid in the tourism sector’s recovery efforts.
Read More20 October 2021
Princess Vlei in Cape Town declared a provincial heritage site
ATTA®A new provincial Heritage Site plaque was unveiled at the Princess Vlei Eco Park on Tuesday, cementing the wetland as part of the area’s provincial heritage.
Read More19 October 2021
Air Mauritius will increase Joburg flights in November – after ‘significant interest'
ATTA®Air Mauritius will increase its flight frequency to Johannesburg amid a surge of interest from South African travellers following the island nation’s long-awaited reopening.
Read More19 October 2021
BA – CPT flights to start in November
ATTA®British Airways is to start its Cape Town-London service on November 2. The flight from London will initially operate three times a week (days as yet unspecified) and then, on November 12, become daily, leaving Heathrow at 18h15, arriving in Cape Town at 08h00 the following morning.
Read More19 October 2021
Covid causes elephant baby boom, 200 new babies by 2020
ATTA®Covid-19 has had a positive effect on elephant conservation in Kenya. Results of the wildlife census conducted by the Kenya Wildlife Research and Training Institute (KWRI) show that the pachyderm population has now reached 36,280 individuals, with up to 200 babies born in 2020.
Read More18 October 2021
ATTA Collaboration with African Nature-Based Tourism Collaborative Platform
ATTA®ATTA is working with the WWF in New York to support this programme. This relates to African based members only and details were sent out to them last week. Read more about the project here:
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