African Travel visas
By Gill Staden, eTN Correspondent
Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi has announced that he wants Zimbabwe to rethink its visa regime so that the country can earn from tourism.
UN World Tourism Organization meeting
It has been confirmed by the UNWTO that Zimbabwe and Zambia will co-host the 20th session of the General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) from August 24-29 this year in their ...
International Coalition of Tourism Partners
HAWAII, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles; BALI, Indonesia – The International Coalition of Tourism Partners announced that Msuna Safaris and Travel of Zimbabwe has become its newest ...
Africa air service
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - News is coming out of Nairobi that Kenya Airways will launch flights to Livingstone, Zambia, in June, then routing on to Harare, Zimbabwe.
Chinese firm accused of using company plane to smuggle diamonds
CHIADZWA, Mutare West, Zimbabwe - China Sonangal has refuted a report by 100Reporters, a website run by journalists, implicating the company in the smuggling of diamonds from Marange through the ...
German tourism investment seizures may lead to Zimbabwe event boycott
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Germany may boycott world's largest UN tourism forum in Zimbabwe to protest illegal confiscations of German investments in the country's tourism and wildlife conservancies.
Zim Tourism
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's tourist operators have said the year 2012 has seen an influx in the number of hunters and tourists into the country, which is a sign of better prospects next ...
Daily countdown
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - Every day on Zambezi FM Radio in Livingstone, Zambia, the announcer tells us how many days there are before the UNWTO Assembly to be jointly hosted by Livingstone and Victoria Falls Town ...
Tourism To Zimbabwe
The number of tourists who visited Zimbabwe during the first six months of the year went up by 17 percent from 637,389 last year to 767,939, the African Development Bank has said.
World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair
HARARE, Zimbabwe – During a ceremony held on Thursday, the 5th World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair (Sanganai/Hlanganani) officially opened in Harare, Zimbabwe, with the motto of “Where the ...
Africa Travel Association
NEW YORK, New York - Today, the Africa Travel Association (ATA) announced that Zambia and Zimbabwe will co-sponsor the seventh annual ATA Presidential Forum on Tourism, joining the Tanzania ...
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Tourist Arrested In Kariba
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - According to a report in Zim Daily, a Swiss tourist was arrested at the border for insulting the President. The Swiss man and his wife were traveling from Zambia to Mana Pools.
Zimbabwe tourism
Tourist arrivals are expected to have increased marginally during the first half of this year after international awareness on brand Zimbabwe, which struggled under the country's decade-long ...
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Report
Tourist arrivals in Zimbabwe surged 18% in the first quarter of this year to 346 299, helped by the stabilising economic and political environment, as the country turns into a safe and competitive ...
Construction begins
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - The Zambezi Society is disappointed to report that construction has begun on one of the controversial new 48-bed “lodge” developments along the Zambezi River shoreline in Mana Pools ...
Delegates address growth of African tourism
The Africa Travel Association, the world’s leading travel industry trade association promoting tourism to Africa, held its 37th Annual Congress in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 18-22, 2012.
Zimbabwe Tourism
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - Victoria Falls Hospital is to undergo major expansion works in preparation for the UNWTO event in 2013. A Bulawayo company has won the tender for the work, which is said to cost US$6 ...
Tanzania’s first private-owned airline eyes Zimbabwe
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Correspondent, Tanzania
TANZANIA (eTN) - Taking advantage of the growing tourism and travel demands in Southern and Eastern African states, Tanzania’s fast-growing airline, Precision Air, is looking at Zimbabwe as a ...
Africa events to showcase the country
The SADC and RETOSA meetings in Mauritius this week was an opportunity for Seychelles and Zimbabwe to speak with delegates and press of major tourism events coming to Africa.
Problems In Zimbabwe
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - Zimbabwe has not paid for the electricity it has been using from Mozambique, so Mozambique had cut the connection.
Authentic African culture promotes tourism
African Culture is rich, diverse, and colorful, but it is too often taken for granted that the world knows all about these unique attributes of Africa.
Chinese slaughter endangered tortoises for food
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Four Chinese nationals have pleaded guilty to engaging in the mass slaughter of precious endangered species – tortoises which they were killing daily for their daily food.
In preparation for UNWTO
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - In order to prepare for the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 2013, the Zimbabwe government plans to construct a Convention Centre in Victoria Falls town.
Minister: No "indigenisation", no license
Addressing delegates at the recent Zanu (PF) National Annual People’s Conference, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality, Walter Muzembi, said his ministry was working closely with the Ministry ...
Locals suffering from disease as drought continues
By Gill Staden, eTN Zambia
(eTN) - According to reports, there have been 207 cases of typhoid in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare. No deaths have been reported.
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority's (ZTA) annual fair
By Cheryl Robertson, eTN Zimbabwe
(eTN) - Travelers who say they do not want to visit Zimbabwe because their dollars will swell Mugabe's coffers are actually contributing to the detriment of the environment, many of Zimbabwe's ...
Trade and tourism activities between Zimbabwe and Brazil
Sao Paulo — Zimbabwe has opened a trade and tourism office in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the ongoing efforts to consolidate trade and investment co-operation with the country ...
Tourist Attacked, Injured By Lion
A dream vacation to Zimbabwe turned into a nightmare for a woman from East County, San Diego in the US after she was attacked by a lion while on a safari with her husband at Vitoria Falls.
70 Percent Of Tourists Come To Zimbabwe From SA
South Africa accounts for 70 percent of visitors from African countries that visit tourist resorts in Zimbabwe, an official has said.
Travel in Africa
By Gill Staden, eTN
(eTN) - The Four Corners is a name which is often given to this part of the world because it is the only place where four countries meet at a point – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.
