Kwita Izina 2013 will name a dozen new gorilla babies
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa
(eTN) - When the Rwanda Development Board’s (RDB) Tourism and Conservation Department holds their annual Kwita Izina Gorilla Naming Ceremony on Saturday, June 22, at Kinigi, outside Volcano ...
strengthening the tourism sector
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa
(eTN) - Rwanda’s government yesterday presented a new draft tourism bill to parliament, aimed to strengthen the sector through better regulations and legal provisions.
2013 Miss Tourism Rwanda Event
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Rwanda’s first ever Miss Tourism contest will be underway on May 10th, when the 15 finalists, selected from Rwanda’s university and tourism colleges, will be revealed and introduced to ...
from Kigali to Musane, Ruhengeri
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa Correspondent
(eTN) - One of Rwanda’s most important traffic arteries, the highway from Kigali to Musanze, and from there on to Gisenyi, was yesterday completely blocked on the weekend when a landslide took ...
part of Gadaffi hotel empire
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - As ties with the new Libyan government continue to improve, news broke that the Rwandan government, initially intent to sell off the Umubano Hotel, halted the sale when Laico Hotels failed ...
Rwanda tourism
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - The Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism and Conservation Department will within the space of the next few weeks officially launch a new tourism site, a cave in the Musanze District which ...
Rwandan tourism
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - A regular source from Kigali has sent information that Rwanda’s Workplace Development Authority (WDA) has apparently entered into an agreement with Swiss-based Les Roches International ...
Rwanda aviation
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - News broke a few days ago that Rwanda had finally awarded the contract for the new international airport at Bugesera to the winning bidder, the China State Construction Engineering ...
Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration in Rwanda
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) – The Rwanda Development Board’s (RDB) Head of Tourism and Conservation, Rica Rwigamba, took over as Chairperson of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) yesterday.
Panafrican Dance Festival in Rwanda
The 8th edition of the Panafrican Dance Festival (FESPAD 2013) is taking place in Rwanda right now. This week-long event began with the Opening Ceremony that took place on February 24, 2013.
Storm blows out opening ceremony but not Rwandan spirit
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - The combined opinion Friday at the Amahoro National Stadium was that “someone somewhere’” was responsible for the complete washout, in fact blowout, of the opening ceremony as it was ...
Rwanda's tourism sector registered tremendous growth
Rwanda's tourism sector registered tremendous growth as the revenue generated increased by 17% last year compared to 2011.
ensuring standards and quality of tourism establishments
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Information was confirmed from a regular source in Kigali, that the Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism and Conservation Department will grade at least 30 more hotels this year, following ...
field study results
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - The Tourism Chamber, part of the Private Sector Federation in Rwanda, has recently completed a field study aimed at establishing service levels and competence among staff encountered in ...
Rwanda ends visa requirements for African nationals
HALEIWA, Hawaii, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles; BALI, Indonesia - From 2013 onwards, Rwanda will open up its tourism export market by eliminating visa requirements for African ...
Visa on demand
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - In a remarkable departure from common practice among African states, Rwanda just declared that come January 1 ALL African nationals will be issued visa on arrival, sparing them the often ...
Spotlight on Rwanda
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - One of the world’s leading guide publications, Globe Spot, has named Rwanda as their top 6th global destination, the highest scoring African country in their top 10, with Mozambique in ...
blatant act of aggression
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - In what has been described as a blatant act of aggression and an overt attempt to drag Rwanda into the civil conflict raging in the Eastern Congo, regime soldiers have fired mortar rounds ...
Sports tourism in Rwanda
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Rwanda’s annual cycling tour is underway at the national Amahoro Stadium with the first of the 8 stages this year taking riders across the capital of Kigali.
Tourism and Conservation Department of Rwanda Development Board
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Information was received from Kigali overnight that the Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism and Conservation Department is now embarking on phase two of the ongoing grading and ...
Tourism receipt figures climb
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Information made public yesterday in Kigali show a continued strong sectoral growth for the tourism sector in Rwanda, which besides exports of tea and coffee, continues to form a backbone ...
Rwandan Tourism
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - The efforts to inject professionalism into Rwanda’s tourism industry, supported by government via the Rwanda Development Board, the Private Sector Federation’s tourism ...
fight for control of rich mining areas
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
UGANDA (eTN) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Uganda this coming Tuesday for discussions with President Museveni on the renewed crisis in Eastern Congo, where intense ...
cleared by Rwandan educational authorities to commence full degree program
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Started in 2006, when the college could only offer vocational training and certificate or diploma courses, the Rwanda Tourism University College (RTUC) has been cleared by the Rwandan ...
Kwita Izina 2012 - eTN writer in Rwanda
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - The eighth annual gorilla-naming festival, now globally known as Kwita Izina, has over the years named 141 young, newly-born baby gorillas, with each and every one of them given a name, ...
Annual Kwita Izina ceremony to name the babies
KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda will for the 8th time celebrate the birth of 19 baby gorillas and the naming of 1 female adult at this year’s annual Kwita Izina ceremony scheduled for June 16, 2012, ...
Groundbreaking new technology
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - The test phase successfully concluded, saw the automated passenger arrival system for Rwandese nationals now formally launched at Kigali’s Kanombe International Airport.
Genocide Memorial Sites In Rwanda
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Rwanda plans to submit four genocide memorial sites into the coveted list of UNESCO World Heritage sites as part of a tentative list.
Aspen Leadership Initiative
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Rosette Chantal Rugamba, well remembered for her time at the helm of ORTPN and then as Deputy CEO in charge of Tourism and Conservation at the Rwanda Development Board, has last week ...
Responding to tourism campaign for Rwanda
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Hot on the heels of growing demands by the private sector stakeholders that Rwanda needs more training for staff working in the hospitality industry, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) for ...
