Safe But Sometimes Irritating
By Gill Staden, eTN
These days, many people are giving Zimbabwe a wide berth. They do this for a couple of reasons: firstly, "Is it safe?" and secondly, "Why put money into the Zimbabwe coffers?"
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Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia — A Filipino tourist was cleared of wrongdoing Thursday after spending five days in custody after Australian officials mistook packets of tea for amphetamines.
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Boosting Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly have pushed once again to introduce a common tourist visa for the East African region, raising fresh hopes that this might materialize, subject to over
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Is The Country Ready?
By Gill Staden
When we started Maplanga Africa in 1995, it was during the “pioneer” days of outbound tourism into Africa, email was a not-too-distant concept, apartheid was dead and buried, and South Africa had
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New Tourist Trail Opens Along Laku Kivu
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The Rwanda Development Board–Tourism & Conservation recently released news about yet another tourism attraction, this latest one being a 200 KM trail along the shores of Lake Kivu and named "Congo
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Tourist Receives 15-Week Sentence In NZ
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A German tourist was sentenced to jail time Wednesday after he admitted trying to smuggle native New Zealand lizards out of the country — the second such case in five wee
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Historical Heritage Attraction
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN
Songea town in the southern highlands of Tanzania has been declared a new tourist site by its historical heritage attractions.
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Seychelles Medical Facility
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
While researching tourism-related matters during a recent visit to the islands it was also confirmed by staff at the main Victoria hospital, that they indeed have a decompression chamber available on
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Flags Going Into Orbit
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
East African business tycoon, Ashish Thakkar, set to be blasted into space just as soon as the galactic space ship of Virgin has been cleared for public flight, has collected the flags of Uganda, Keny
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Tourism Under Pressure
By Kevin Rozario, eTN
The revelation that Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly planned to blow up a transatlantic aircraft on December 25, was trained by al-Qaeda in Yemen, placed intense internation
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Overview Of Five Year Plan
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The Seychelles Tourist Board (STB) has ended their annual marketing conference, which brought together most of their staff from the overseas tourist offices, a number of their newly-appointed "tourism
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Tourist Escapes Death by Burning Cash
German tourist stuck on a ski lift for six hours in the Austrian Alps saved himself by burning bank notes to attract attention.
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Meeting The Challenges Of Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Through interaction with key personnel of the Seychelles Tourist Board (STB) two weeks ago while in Mahe, it was learned that in order to widen their reach across the various islands, the board has de
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Tourism Arrival Statistics
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
Is there not a better tool to judge and benchmark the efficiency of a tourism policy than looking yearly at tourist arrivals data?
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Revised Service Charter Launched
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
In what is clearly a pointer towards the direction the Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) intends to take in coming years as the country’s principal marketing tool for tourism and overseas PR, the board last
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Koreas' Tourism Talks
North Korea rejected an offer by South Korea to conduct a joint investigation of the fatal shooting of a South Korean tourist by North Korean soldiers in July 2008.
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Signing Of Memorandum Of Understanding
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
While in the Seychelles this correspondent was present to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Seychelles Tourist Board (STB) to e
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Franz Josef Glacier Tourist Hurt
A 24-year-old tourist has a shattered leg after being hit by falling rocks at Franz Josef Glacier.
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Creative Solutions For Challenging Times
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The Seychelles Tourist Board (STB) has launched a novel approach last week towards added representation in many of the key cities visitors usually come from, when announcing the appointment of Seychel
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No More Visa On Arrival
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
It was learned earlier in the week that Burundi has apparently changed their entry policy to the country for foreign visitors, now demanding that every visitor obtains a visa through a Burundi diploma
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