Press Release: ATTA® Reveals 2026 Africa Travel Trends As Full Global Events Programme Is Unveiled

Berlin, Germany – ATTA® – The African Travel & Tourism Association, exhibiting in Hall 20, Stand 105 – at the heart of the Africa section - will host 46 African organisations representing a wide diversity of African travel and tourism from leading DMCs, tour operators and safari lodges to boutique hotels, aviation specialists and tourism service providers from across the continent.

Meetings Africa 2026 closed in Johannesburg on 25 February, marking its 20th edition and highlighting Africa’s growing profile in global business events.

UNEP has opened nominations for the 2026 Young Champions of the Earth award, seeking 18–30-year-olds delivering solutions on climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste.

The African Development Bank has launched the Integrated Aviation Transform Programme at the Airlines, Capital and Connectivity Forum in Nairobi, aiming to improve continental air connectivity, enhance safety and build industry skills.

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