William Kiprono who is the Kenya Wildlife Service director said that his agency’s community rangers will soon be given firearms that they will use in fight against poaching. This is so because they poachers are advancing in the quality of equipments that they use during the hunting. Kiprono said while addressing the Star that the service, they are working with the Kenya Police Service and has already requ
 Marasa which is the hospitality arm of the Madhvani Group in Uganda through their lodges Paraa and Chobe Safari lodges in Murchison falls national park signed up to become Gold Sponsors for Brussels Airlines’ charity cycling race under the theme  ‘Bike For Africa’ which is scheduled to take place from  28th January to 04th February 2014.
The initial edition of this bi-annual cycling event took place in
Kenya conservationists planned for Narok anti-poaching protest walk starting from the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and it was intended to create  anti-poaching awareness among different people from around the nation and this  campaign is called the ‘Ivory belongs to elephants’ so said the elephant Neighbors Center executive director.
Jim Nyamu mentioned that all they are interested in is to create aware
Saimoti Kiloris, Misia Kaunga, Tumbesi Lengei and Kisia Shuel, the four who were arrested after they were suspected of having killed a rhino were given a Sh1 million bond each by a Nanyuki court and also ordered to submit the security at the court by senior resident magistrate Bethwel Kimtai. These four are charged for killing a rhino at Il-Ng’wesi ranch in Laikipia County on 4th April with an intention of
The tourism bodies from Rwanda Eastern Province have started working on their long term plan in which they intend to expand the tourism industry to be able to bring in more foreign exchange into the country that the government . This was said by Odette Uwamaliya who is the provincial Governor Odette Uwamaliya while talking to the stakeholders about what the province intends to do about developing tourism to ensu
Latest news from Air Uganda yesterday got their third Bombardier CRJ 200 aircraft which was leased from American aircraft leasing company called GECAS and with this, the airline now has a total of four aircrafts that Air Uganda now has, including one remaining MD 87 aircraft which is the only aircraft on the fleet with a two class that’s Business and Economy layout.
This latest aircraft just like the other two,
With the different tourists attractions in the different countries across the world, African has some of the most unique attraction, in East Africa where Uganda and Rwanda together with Congo are very popular for the mountain gorillas sides other attractions, Kenya and Tanzania are famous for the wildebeests besides other attractions. Â Today other countries like Nigeria are working on improving on their tourism
Tour operators in Uganda have come out and asked the government to work on the poor roads that lead to tourists sites. They have asked fro the construction of more roads and restore those that are existing as a way of improving on the accessibility of the tourism sites across the country. They say that Uganda’s tourism sector has the ability to improve and become just as good as that from the neighboring countr
The Kenya Wildlife Services officially opened up an air and ground operation to be able to drive back herds of elephants that invaded Mwatate villages terrorizing the locals. According the locals, the elephants have been seen roaming around the villages fro the last 2 weeks posing a security risk and also trampling on maize and bean crops thus causing heavy losses to them.
The most affected areas include the Makt
Local people from the communities in the Lemong’o area which is close to Amboseli National Park killed a lioness in what the called a retaliatory attack. They speared it to death after it was reported to have attacked and killed three goats from a boma village and unfortunate for it, it was not lucky enough to escape these angry villagers after they descended on the pen with spears.
This attack has after the Ke
This year 2013, Kenya is expecting to host the lavish World Travel and Tourism awards ceremony and that  will be on the 16th of October 2013. This is something great for Kenya especially since it will be happening after a peaceful general election something that will prove to the rest of the world that Kenya is actually peaceful and safe for every one to visit.
Murithi Ndegwa who is the head of KTB said this ach
For sometime now, the local residents around Lake Nakuru national park have been living under fear that they may be attacked and killed by the lions that are wondering around in their villages killing their livestock.
There was a report about some two lions that had sneaked out of the park and threatening people’s lives however, KWS assures every one that there are no lions on the loose. They said that the reside
The Akagera National Park in the northeast of Rwanda covers a sizable chuck of savannah.A mix of rolling grassland interspersed with broad-leafed and acacia woodland,these lower-lying lands are dissected by the Akagera River.
The bird species in the park include the Red-faced Barbet,Sousa’s Shrike,White-Collared Olive back among others.The park has a mosaic of wetlands and lakes,along the course of the Akag
A man from Vietnam has been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi when found with almost 34 kilograms of cut up ivory and had been trying to board to Bangkok then to Vietnam. The almost 500 pieces of ivory painted to look like soap stone.
The current CITES meeting has failed to advise on the measures to fight poaching for ivory and rhino horn on a global scale. The Kenyan government will
Tanzania received 867,999 tourists in 2011 earning the country revenue of 1.36 billion US dollars. Deputy Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Mr. Lazaro Nyalandu, said the revenue was got from entrance fees from tourist attraction, transport, beverages, food and purchasing of gemstones.
Mr. Nyalandu said the government is working together with international institutions mostly Interpol to fight poaching. He
A number of tourists visiting Masai Mara game reserve the most popular reserve in Kenya have been stuck for more than 3 hours after Ngoswani River burst its reservoir. The passengers traveling in Narok and Sekenani have been stranded.
The Ngoswani Bridge that connects Narok and Masai Mara and other trading centers has flooded making the travelers to have nowhere to pass.
A tourist driver said they had no idea about
Almost 33 hotels at the coast will be closed down for repair during the low season from May to June in Mombasa. The Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and caterers said the system will affect around 6,000 people including the suppliers, fishermen, farmers, taxi drivers and the workers.
Ikwaye said the industry has been trying to dodge itself from the challenges of the low season by marketing conference tourism.
The
The lack of authorization by local authorities to manage activities in the Selous Game Reserve and forests in Kisarawe district in coast region has been among the reasons for increasing poaching and promotion of tourism in the area.
The communities and their leaders have said the forest could be a source of eco tourism which will encourage people to reserve them and the Selous Game Reserve in the district can be us
The tourism sector in the Northern Tarime District of Mara area has increased because a number of tourists visiting the country through Tanzania or Kenyan Sirari border have stopped in Tarime town before transferring to western Serengeti to view the different wildlife compared to the past years.
Many foreign tourists landing at Magena airstrip located at the border of Tarime have visited the town. The district coun
The number of people that has attended the Malindi multi Cultural Festival for this year has been reduced by more than 20,000 compared to last year where over 70,000 people attended.
According to the National Museums of Kenya, only 50,000 people have attended due to the security situation in the area and the presidential appeal which has been lined on Saturday.
Senior Curator in charge of Malindi Museum Mr. Swaleh
Mr. Ishmeal Sekandi the long serving Executive Director of the Uganda Hotel Owners Association has resigned and has been replaced by Mr. Sam Balagadde who has been introduced by the chairman of UHOA Mr. Ibrahim Muwanga the owner of Hotel Africana located in Kampala.
Sekandi has been working very hard in the past years he has been in the position so the new director should know that the hospitality sector is one of
East Africa has been affected by the heavy rains whereby a number of people have lost their property. The roads to Ngorongoro and Serengeti have been separated near Karatu after a river burst its reservoir and flooded the main road leaving the travelers both local and foreign stranded.
The central railway line has been dislocated after sections of the track went underwater making the movement of the train di
The tourism industry of Kenya has reacted angrily to the current US travel advisory warning issued to its citizens about the danger and violence of the results of the presidential election appeal happening in the Supreme Court.
The Kenya Association Hotelkeepers and Caterers Coast Branch Executive Officer, Sam Ikwaye said US has always been expecting negative results about Kenya situation. He said US should know th
The number of buffaloes in the northern and western section of Serengeti National Park has reduced by 80% because of poaching according to the Tanzania National Park (TANAPA)
The TANAPA Outreach Programme Manager, Mr. Ahmed Mbugi, the number has reduced from 70,000 to 40,000 while the elephant number has increased from 2,500 to 500 and that of the rhino has declined from 1,000 to 20.
He said the decline in the numb
Uganda is Africa’s best destination for bird species with over 1,000 species to have been discovered compared to Great Britain. There are 100 West African forest species like the Great Blue Turaco,raucous Black and white Casqued Hornbill, Gem-like Green Broadbill and 23 other species being endemic to the Albertine Rift.
Uganda is the best place to see the shoebill stork which is a huge swamp bird famous for its h
The wildlife conservationists have complained about the increase in poaching in the national parks of Kenya.
Through the African Network for Animal Welfare, the conservationists have said poaching should be stopped or the wildlife will die out in the coming future which will affect the country’s revenue.
The chief executive officer Selisha Chandra in Nakuru said poaching has highly increased in Kenya and if it co
The Maasai people in Monduli District in Tanzania have decided to join forces in fighting poaching around their villages after realizing the importance of tourism.
They have decided because in Lepurko village more than 5000 villagers received treatment from the volunteer doctors from Canada and Monduli district hospital sponsored by Robin Hurt Wildlife foundation.
Speaking on behalf of the Maasai, Ezekiel Melabori
The National Land Commission chairman, Muhammad Swazuri said the Kasite Marine Park located in the South coast of Kenya has never been official changed into a national park.
He said the records at the land registry show that 21.5 acres of the park was last gazetted as a national park in 1973 and has never been gazette again.
Allesandro Torriani and investor from Switzerland has said he legally owns the park because
Turkish Airlines has introduced daily flights to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania beginning from end of May. The airline will be using B737-900ER for Dar es Salaam connecting to Tanzania.
Turkish flies to Kilimanjaro every day then returns to Instabul via Mombasa to their 185 destinations apart from the 37 additional domestic destinations making it one of the largest networks in the world. Turkish Airline is a member of t
The Kenya Airways has received another new B777-300ER which will improve the country’s ability to add on the number of flights and also the destinations to their developing long route network.
In the past years, the emphasis has been on the release of short and medium routes Embraer E190’s needed to increase on Africa’s network and get all the important transit traffic from via Nairobi for the airline’s Mid
The Uganda’s Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiques, on Maria Mutagamba has invited the world community to East Africa.
She has declared it a very secure country of wonders and opportunities during the ITB in Berlin. While Uganda finalizes the common Market rule of free movement of people, skills, services and goods, she said the main aim of the rule is to develop the hospitality and travel industry.
The Eas
The Kenya wildlife Service has set up observation cameras in strategic places to control the widespread poaching activity in the Tsavo Conservation Area.
16 infrared cameras at the drinking points in the Tsavo park to help in fighting against poaching. The cameras will take pictures of wildlife at the different watering points.
Francis Kimani, the Assistant Director of Tsavo Conservation Area said the main aim of t
The Serengeti District Council has asked the central government to reintroduce the bedding fees that had been charged on several tourist hotels in the western Serengeti in Kenya because the abolition of these fees has highly affected the domestic revenue in the area.
The famous wildlife park has a number of beautiful hotels that can accommodate thousands of clients from different parts of the world.
Ms Goody Pamba,
The tourist hotels in Kilifi in Kenya have received bookings after a huge reduction before the general election.Kilifi bay and Baobab sea lodge manager Peter Njoroge said there had not been any cancellations during the elections, but the number of bookings in both hotels have been low compared to 2012 during the same period.
Njoroge said the industry will records a big improvement if the country remains peaceful be
The Tourism players at the Kenya coast have expressed confidence for the Easter holidays. Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers executive committee member Anthony Njaramba said they have a feeling that they will receive a number of guests this holiday.
In Milele Beach, 90% bed occupancy from both local and foreign tourists is expected this Easter season. The elections have been very peaceful that is the re
A silverback gorilla identified as Ruhemuka from the Kahungye mountain gorilla group on Uganda has died due to a painful forest accident.
The healthy gorilla above 30 years of age has fallen from a tree landing his head on the ground from a height of 20-30 meters on March 6th 2013.the rangers have discovered that its month and eyes had been torn by a nearby tree. There excessive bleeding into the brain and chest re
The Kenya tourism sector players have said the bookings for the high season will increase after the peaceful poll. There had been a low tourism business in the last weeks as the elections emerged.
A number of tourists had made tentative bookings waiting to see how the elections will go. Kenya has two high seasons from late November to March and from July and September. In 2007 after elections, chaos broke out in Ke
British Airways has added more flights between Nairobi and London beginning from May 12 this year setting off from London at 20:20 on Sunday evening arriving Nairobi at 04:55 the next morning and return will leave Nairobi at 22:45pm on Monday evening and arrive in London at 08:25 the next morning.
The aircraft in a four-cabin configuration offers economy, premium economy and business class leading to 266 additional
A number of tour operators form Uganda to the annual ITB Berlin travel and tourism exhibition this year which began on March 6th has increased after a long period of time.
The group of Ugandans has been led by the minister of Tourism, wildlife and Antiquities, Maria Mutagamba with 22 tour operators, and Sheraton hotel.ITB is one of the famous leading travel and tourism expos which attract around 100,000 visitors.
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Fastjet airline, one of Tanzania’s airlines has recorded a big demand for its service whereby the number of passengers has increased by 81% after transporting 26,387 in February.
The airline has decided to increase its capacity by 50% and has opened two more domestic routes in Tanzania.Begining from March 18, Fastjet will operate daily on routes between Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro and Kilimanjaro and Mwanza.
The air
The Kenya tourism players have left Germany for the international tourism exhibition in Berlin to market their country as a peaceful one despite the on going elections.
41 tour companies have headed for the event with an aim to develop the source market. The country will be among the 11,163 exhibitors from all over the world representing its tourism products.
Kenya has a number of attractions mainly the Masai Mar
The fuel pump prices in Kampala,Uganda have increased by USH200 because the country has been waiting for the results of the Kenya elections. Fuel stations like Shell, Mogas, Kobil and Total have increased their pump prices of diesel and petroleum products leading to an increase in transport fees within Kampala
The pressure ahead of Kenya polls has led to increment and many dealers have stopped importing fuel throug
In case the target to attract more than 700,000 tourists to visit the Ngorongoro Conservation Area this year is reached, the NCAA will be able to over power the whole of Rwanda in receiving more visitors.
The attractions in Ngorongoro Crater have developed with the latest number indicating that the caldera famous for a wide range of wildlife receives over 588,000 tourists each year.
In 2012,588,814 visitors have be
Two Anti Narcotics Unit police officers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya have been arrested for asking for bribes from the Indians last year.
The Indians had arrived on Ethiopian Airline and continued to the immigration’s counter where they were asked $150 instead of $50.
The officers asked for $100 after checking their luggage and they alerted the Kenya Airport Authority security who has opene
According to the current research, the world’s known Serengeti Migration which includes the movement of over 2.5 million wildlife may not enter Masai Mara Park in Kenya this year.
The researchers have said the time spent by the wildlife in Masai Mara has been reducing from two months to a few weeks in the current years with the shortest time being in 2012 when they stayed in Masai Mara for not more than 2 weeks.
The police in Kilifi in Kenya have started investigations into the death of an Italian who has been found dead at his sister’s house in Bofa estate on Monday.
The police manager Clement Wangai said the 75 year old tourist had arrived in the country and showed no signs of illness before his death.
This has been taken as death by natural cause as they wait for the post mortem to discover the real cause.
Kenya has a
Tanzania will host a Swahili Tourism Fair which is an international tourism exhibition in October organized by the Tanzania Tourist Board and South Africa’s Witch and Wizard Company.
South Africa’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, Ambassador Thanduyise Chiliza said the exhibition will improve the existing bilateral ties between the two countries mostly in the tourism sector.
Tanzania and South Africa have a lot i
Kenya Airways has increased its number of jets by delivering a new fully owned Embraer E190 jet. The E-jet will be the seventh out of the ten that the airline has always planned to have as part of the 10 year growth strategy.
The airline said the remaining three will be delivered between May and November. Titus Naikuni said the airline will be having different aircraft types while it hits a mix of narrow body and w
Kenya’s top tourism marketer, the Kenya Tourism Board has set up marketing strategies to hit into the target role markets like the honeymooners and weddings to increase on the inbound travelers from rising markets like India.
KTB’s regional marketing manager for rising marking, John Chirchir said KTB will support beach destinations on the south and North coast to mark these sections.
Chirchir said they will als
The tourism players of Kenya have advised citzens to vote wisely and keep peace in the country during the elections that will take place in March and also after elections. Stephen Mwasio managing the peaceful elections for tourism said the disruptions will affect the whole country just like during the 2007 chaos that took place after elections.
A number of visitors cancelled their bookings in 2007 and this affected
A male calf estimated to be between 17-20 years old has shot by poachers and has died from the shores of sand River in Masai Mara Game Reserve. The incidence has been spotted by tourists and they have alerted the Kenya Wildlife Service rangers.
The elephant has died while trying to stay with the heard that had been heading to Makari Forest. The KWS has discovered the tusks and has arrested the suspected poachers. T
Tanzania has decided to increase on the tourism police force by adding more 240 police officers to the 60 in the country. The Assistant Police Commissioner Benedict Kitalika said they have been looking for funds which will help them train at least 240 police officers on how to record a statement to be used in court even during the absence of the tourist.
Kitalika said they need around 80 million shilling for traini
The tourism industry of Uganda together with the late Sir Samuel Baker, a British explorer that visited Uganda in the late 1870s have  begun operations to discover new tourism sites throughout the country.
The Great African Expedition guided by Mr. Julian Fisher said they will look for new tourism potentials in Tanzania, Kenya and Southern Sudan.
The country’s tourism minister, Maria Mutagamba has thanked Sir Sa
Two Tanzanians have been arrested with 16 pieces of ivory in Ongata Rongai in Kenya and have been held at the Langata Police Station waiting to be taken to court the following day.
A poacher has been shot in Lake Nakuru National Park famous for a millions of flamingos by the Kenya Wildlife Service while his partner escaped. A rifle and 17 bullets have been found in the park.
Poaching has increased in Kenya and Tanz
Tanzania’s local tourism industry has recorded the best achievement in the world after Lamai Camp in Serengeti won the best new safari property in Africa.
This has come after the Serengeti National Park has been chosen among the top seven natural wonders of Africa and after being the world winner of international award in tourism and Hotel and catering industry.
Lamai Camp is managed by Arusha-based Nomad Tanzani
The youth living in areas the Singita Grumeti Reserve in Tanzania have benefited from the reserve through acquiring more knowledge on conservation and costs of poaching through short courses taught by investors.
An institute has been established in the area with two dormitories and a classroom and has received 12 students and two teachers from different secondary schools in Mara region teaching about bee keeping, u
During the award ceremony in Arusha about the 7 natural wonders of Africa, River Nile which begins its journey from the source of the Nile in Jinja to the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt has been Uganda’s only winner and the minster for Tourism, Widlife and Antiquiries, Hon.Agnes Akiror Egunyu received the award on behalf of the country.
Among the nominated attractions include Ngorongoro Crater, Mt Kenya, the Aldabra
Serengeti National Park has been chosen the best among the seven New Natural Wonders of Africa and other three sites from Tanzania have made it to the desired seven.
The President and Founder of the Texas (US)-based ‘New Seven Wonders,’ Dr Philip Imler said the seven wonders have not been graded in positions and Serengeti has been chosen because of the legendary and the repetitive largest migration of a million
12 sites from Africa have been competing for the Seven Wonders of the Nature and Tanzania has the top three tourist attraction including the annual wildebeest migration of Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Competing sites in the new natural wonders of Africa include the ‘Peak of Furnace’ in the Reunion Island, the ‘Aldabra Atoll’ of Seychelles, Zuma Rock of Nigeria, Okavango Delta of B
Ruhango district in Rwanda has worked on a new plan to promote the huge tourism potential in the area. The district has a number of tourist attractions mostly the historical sites but have not been marketed.
According to the current survey, the district has eight sites with the possibility to be turned into tourist attraction areas. The district hopes to attract more visitors and investors in the tourism and other
A local aviation company has opened an air emergency medical evacuation service to improve Rwanda’s tourism sector.
Akagera Aviation said the system will provide rapid response rescue and medical care to give to the tourists who will experience a serious health problem while in the country. This will improve the tourism and hospitality sectors and also support the health care system in the country.
The air ambula
The Kenya Tourism Board has been chosen the best Tourism Board in Africa during the Safari Awards held in London winning countries like South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Malawi who belonged to the same category.
MD Muriithi Ndegwa, said the main reason for the win has been due to the strong marketing of Kenya as a chosen tourist destination.
This is the second award KTB has received after the World Travel Market
Tanzania has aimed to improve its international competitiveness by developing a global marketing strategy that complements stake holders’ views  to improve on the country’s hospitality sector.
The strategy has been organized by Tanzania Tourist Board and expected to increase the country’s bound towards greater economic success.
Mr. Gaudence Temu, the Chairman of Tourism Confederation of Tanzania (TCT) said
The rhinos are among the last seven of their kind in the world and are always with armed guards as they move around Mount Kenya which is Africa’s second highest mountain.
The four northern white rhinos have been the most endangered subspecies of white rhino and the most precious of the 110 rhinos that live in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy which is a privately owned reserve.
A new weapon has been introduced to k
The Serengeti District Council will begin charging all air crafts at Fort Ikoma and Grumeti Reserves airstrips in the western part of Serengeti to improve the council’s revenue to increase on the social development in the district which includes the famous Serengeti National Park.
Mr. Jumanne Kwiro, Serengeti District Council Financial Committee Chairman said measures are being set up to make people using the air
Though poaching has increased in Tanzania, the government has made sure there is an increase in the number of population of the wildlife.
Mr.Lazaro Nyaland, the Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism said the situation has worsened and they are doing their best to continue fighting it by involving both local and international stakeholders and the strong intelligence operations.
A Tanzania People’s Defe
Not so long ago, the Star published news about the extensive killing of large numbers of elephants in Samburu and Laikipia. For one, it is easy to put the blame on the Chinese who buy almost all the stolen ivory from Kenya which means they are the ones who are encouraging the trade. But the Kenyan government is also to blame for failing to intervene and yet names were given out in the Star stories that mean they ex
There is news that during the weekend that 4 poachers were caught red handed trying to cut out the recently killed elephant tusks but unfortunately met their fate when they started a fire fight with anti poaching patrols as well as the rangers in the Serengeti National Park. Much as every human life is valuable, the Tanzania conservation fraternity received the news with eagerness because it looks like the SENAPA s
Kenya airways marked 36 years in business yesterday 25th Jan 2013 and with that, the airline has come up with a new strategy. It is embarking on an aggressive marketing campaign so that it can be able to turn around its fortunes. During that tough aviation period, the airline reported a 4.6 billion shilling loss and there after suffer bad publicity after its retrenchment exercise last year which affected so many of
The Rwandans who are currently working in western part of Sudan, an area of Darfur that has been torn by these on going wars in country have officially opened up a showroom which is intended to promote investment and tourism potentials of  Rwanda. In Darfur, there are over 3,000 Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) that is apart from some civilian personnel.
This showroo
The latest tourism news from Tanzania’s The Guardian reveals that the Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism is planning to set up a state-owned wildlife authority by November this year. This was reported last Monday on 21st January. The authority will be assisting the government in its ongoing fight against poaching in different part of Tanzania in addition to other duties so said Lazaro
Mr. Peter Msigwa who is a member of parliament for the Iringa constituency, made some serious accusation against some unidentified top politicians and asked for a fresh parliamentary enquiry into the true extent of poaching in Tanzania. He said that more than a quarter of all blood ivory that is being shipped out of Africa now comes from Tanzania and therefore put the figure that was given in the parliamentary repo
KWS officials stated that their office has come to agreement and they have decided to increase the amount money paid by the children and the student by twice as much and this will be effective from 1st February. The cost of visiting the Nairobi Safari Walk at the KWS headquarters and entrance fees at the Nairobi National Park will increase from 50shillings to 100 Kenya Shillings and this said to be as a result of i
Sometime back, RDB started fencing off the Akagera national park from the farms in the neighboring communities that border the park. This is a joint venture partnership between of RDB Tourism and Conservation managing the national park and they expect the work to be completed by the end of March or early April 2013.
The idea of fencing off the park was seen as the only way to wipe out the problem of human – w
Basing on the report of the year, there is an increase in the number of tourists who are currently visiting the country form different parts of the world. The report was compiled by the ministry of tourism and Antiquities sector for the financial year 2011/2012 and it indicates that the tourism industry contributed to 9.0% to the GDP for 2011 compared to 7.6% in 2010 and also its contribution to foreign exchange in
The Nyungwe Forest National Park has 970 km² of rainforest, bamboo, grassland and swamps and gazette in 2004. It is a home of different  animal species which include over 13 different primate species which is 25% of Africa’s total, 275 bird species, 1068 plant species, 85 mammal species, 32 amphibian and 38 reptile species. At the time the Friends of Nyungwe Cooperative was not in existence, locals who li
Lamu town is yet to shine resulting from the Sh1 billion expansion of Lamu’s Manda Airstrip which is likely to open doors for this cultural town to both the local and the international tourism according to the Kenya Tourism Board.
Kimutai Nge’no who is the old the KTB communications officer said while talking to the Star yesterday that the project will open up the region to international tourists after it i
Visitors to Masai Mara National Park in Kenya have been advised to carry a smart card from Equity Bank to avoid inconveniences at the entry point.
All visitors both local and foreign tourists have to get the controversial smart card to avoid being sent back to the nearest Equity bank branch which is 90 kilometers away. The county council of Narok which manages the park shows that many cards can be got from differ
Hotels in Masai Mara National Park have recorded rapid business during the Christmas season though most visitors have been the locals. The heavy rains have affected the festive season where by the roads in and outside the park have been impassable but this has not stopped the visitors from visiting the park.
Most lodges and camps will be fully booked until the 1st week of the January. During the terror threats, mos
A number of areas have been affected by the heavy rains like the city center, areas of Mombasa road to the airport. The roads have been affected by floods and most of them are impassable.
The Kenya Red Cross has reported a number of accidents because of the slippery roads and places like the Nyeri – Kiganjo – Nanyuki road, the Kisumu to Kericho highway, the wider Nyahururu area, the Embu to Meru road, the Muran
A new international hotel will be constructed at the junction of Ghana Avenue and Mirambo Street in Tanzania and it will cost 32 million US dollars. It will begin in mid 2013 and the hotel will be opened in August 2013.
Prime Assets (Tanzania) Limited General Manager Said Ally said the hotel will have a large golf-course and sea-facing rooms with modern conveniences, fully equipped gym, swimming pool, large confere
Anew open sea aquarium will be opened at the Kenyan coast next year and will be around 1000 times bigger than that in Atlanta which is currently the largest in the world. It will be 2km long and more than 600 meters wide with a depth of 14 meters enabling all the inhabitants to prosper in the protected environment.
Whale shark see have reduced in the recent years as the fish is increasingly been seen as the main re
People in Kenya have been wondering how poachers have managed to kill wildlife with freedom in protected game parks and private conservancies in the country.
On the privately owned wildlife conservancies which support community based animal sanctuaries, the observers have asked themselves how the well funded firms and well trained personnel can become weak to attacks by poachers.
In well-guarded conservancies and r
The number of tourist arrivals in Malindi at the Kenya coast has reduced highly this season because of the economic crisis in the world. This has largely affected Italy which is the main source market of the place.
Most of the hotels that depend on the Italian tourists are empty and expect very few tourists a few days before Christmas and the New Year season.
Kenya Hotel Keepers and Caterers Association North Coast
10 tour operators in Tanzania have funded equipments worth 42m/- to improve anti-poaching operations in the country.
The companies have pleaded   to the government to boost the hunting period from five to 20 years which will be large for the firms to invest in key infrastructures like the bridges and roads for east access into the wildlife areas.
The facilities donated include three batteries and 15 tyres for ant
The tourism minister of Kenya, Dan Mwazo has said that Kenya will open a campaign to Market Kenya’s cultural tourism aboard. He said Kenya has a variety of cultures which can increase on the revenue if successfully marketed.
Kenya has a number of tourism potentials one of them culture apart from wildlife and the minister said he will make sure all regions participate in the cultural tourism in the industry.
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Kenya’s tourism industry has been improved after the arrival of the first Turkish Airlines aircraft a sign to begin direct flight between Kenya and Turkey.
The new airline will land in Mombasa which might improve the dying tourism sector in the area. Turkey is one of the main market sources of Kenya and 13% of the tourists come from this country.
Kenya’s tourism has been affected by the Al-Shabaab attacks mainl
Masai Mara National Park has been ranked number one in the top 10 national parks in Africa. The park joins Tanzania’s Serengeti National Reserve, named after the tribe of people who are native in the area.
Masai Mara reserve is more than 15000 square kilometers of grassland famous for the big cats like cheetahs, leopards and lions. It is also famous for the world’s largest annual migration of wildlife mainly th
Uchumi supermarket Limited based in Tanzania has opened a tourism promotion called Talii na Uchumi  so that Tanzanian can visit the country’s tourism attractions.
Tanzania has a number of tourist attractions which most of them have not been visited by Tanzanians yet domestic tourism can contribute to the national economy. Tanzanians can also offer good tourism market to rescue the country from depending highly
The Rwanda Development Board has encouraged the tourists and the business community that the country is very safe to travel to after the FDLR rebels based in DRC made two attacks in the Northern and Western areas killing one person in each.
Clare Akamanzi, acting CEO, RDB, said people traveling to Rwanda should continue enjoying the beautiful landscape, rich culture, good climate, the variety of wildlife in the nat
Tourism operators, residents in Zanzibar have joined hands of pain after the collapse of a historical House of Wonders because of the current rains.
No dead people have been found and the people that have been interviewed blame government for poor maintenance of the historical buildings in Stone Town. The House of Wonders was the first landmark building in Zanzibar and in East and Central region of Africa.
It was t
Kenya’s coastal town Watamu has been named among the six world’s best places to stay in by the global property services firm Knight Frank.
In India, Watamu has been named the sixth after Muscat in Oman, London in UK, Singapore and Dubai. The area has luxury ocean villas, penthouses, apartments, beach villas and houses that have private access to the waters of Watamu Marine National Park.
Watamu is an attraction
Uganda is the best and fastest developing destination in Africa. In 2011, Lonely Planet named Uganda the best travel destination for 2012 and this attracted a number of travelers to come witness the truth.
This year, the National Geographic has identified Uganda as a country with best trips for 2013 which means a lot to the whole tourism community and those interested in nature as Uganda fights to encourage sustain
Barclays Bank of Kenya and Kenya Airways have worked together to open a co-branded credit card identified as KQ Msafiri Visa Credit Card. The card owners will earn miles on any purchase at the visa points of sale worldwide.
The card holders will have free travel insurance worth $56,500 every year, seasonal discounted fares, holiday packages and priorities check in and boarding at airports. They will also get Visa h
The Kenya Tourism Board has encouraged more locals to consider domestic tourism since international tourists have reduced in number.
Murithi Ndegwa, the managing director of KTB said Europe is facing economic crisis yet it is one of the main market sources for Kenya so they have decided to focus on domestic tourism.
Ndegwa said the board will open a big campaign to support domestic tourism so that people can book
Over 1bn/- has been given to 412 people that have been sent away from the 238.8 acquired acres of land to create way for the expansion and development of Mpanda airport in Tanzania.
The Deputy Minister for Transport, Engineer Charles Tizaba said the government has been expanding the airport infrastructure including parking areas and runways. The project has been financed by the government together with the United
The increase in the cross border trade has been recorded huge in Tanzania for the aviation industry because it will grow in the country.
According to World Bank’s Doing Business 2013 report shows that Tanzania will be ranked 122 compared to 119 in acceptance of doing business across borders. The country is expanding the middle class and increasing the levels of disposable income.
The Fast jet’s Chief Commercial
Kenya Airways, The Pride of Africa has received another E190 aircraft waiting for more 10 to be delivered by the Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer Embraer.The E190 will operate in a number of African destinations in 2013.more air crafts will arrive in the country between December, April or May in 2013.
The Kenya Airways together with China Eastern will begin a joint code share arrangements between Nairobi via Bangko
The increasing terror or attacks and incidents like the killing of 48 policemen in Samburu might lead to a reduction in the number of tourist arrivals during the December holiday season.
The Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers CEO Mike Macharia said a number of hotels have already experienced low bookings for international tourists. He said the killing of a big number of policemen will affect the sector
Tanzania will receive 27 rhinos to Serengeti National Park from South Africa in 2013.these rhinos will be among the 32 that were sent to South Africa from Tanzania for breeding.
In 2010, they received five of the 32 black rhinos but one has been killed by poachers so the remaining number will be brought to Serengeti next year.
Mr. Mtango Mtahiko, who is the Chief Park Warden for Serengeti, the 27 rhinos will be saf
The Kenya Forest Service has opened new national forest cover mapping system for real recoding on the status of forests. They have been using the old methods in mapping the forest which do not give proper information like land use and deforestation cases which has led to poor formulation of plans on forests.
The new method uses remote sensing technology drawing out a number of activities in the forest. It also has
The Tourism minister of Kenya, Dan Mwazo has confidently told the tourists that there will be no disorder in the country up to March 4, 2013 when the citizens will vote for their president.
He has told the tourists that the government is strongly dealing with the terror groups who are giving up on the war on terrorism after the collapse of Kismayu.The Somali port town has been the centre of the al Shabaab militants
Tourists have started arriving at the coast in Kenya ahead of the Captain Morgan Deep Sea Fishing World Championships to be held between November 24 and 30.
About 80 anglers are expected to participate in this year’s six-day contest based at Hemingways Watamu resort. The waters of Watamu are among the top five major fishing spots in the world because it is a migratory path of the big game fish.
The ‘tag
Tanzania will face the largest breeding of flamingos in over 5 years according to scientists. A million of flamingos tend to migrate to Lake Natron in Enkaresero Ward of Ngorongoro District in Arusha region where they lay their eggs each year.
If the breeding for this year is successful, it will increase on the population of the flamingos. The large breeding periods involving more than one million lesser flamingos
Officers in Hong Kong have noticed and impounded over a ton of ivory shipped from Dar es Salaam through Dubai meant to be forwarded to a destination which has not yet been known.
A total of 569 pieces worth almost 1.4 million US Dollars has been found in a container stated as sunflower seeds and plastic waste. In October, two containers of ivory were discovered in one day making it a record. A number of wildlife of
A number of revelers have begun visiting Lamu Island in Kenya for the historic annual cultural festival which is expected to attract more than 30000 people from with in the country and international.
Preparations for the festival have begun  and Lamu town is full of activities. In 2011, there was a number of tourist kidnapping by the Al Shabaab rebels in the town.
Hotels have been recorded fully booked as revele
Scientists have calculated this year’s flamingo breeding season to be more significant since 2007.1.5-2.5 million lesser flamingos have been recorded to be living in East Africa from Djibouti down through Tanzania to Malawi have been produced at Lake Natron.A million flamingos migrate to Lake Natron in Tanzania to produce each year.
Three quarters of the world population of lesser flamingos live in East Africa
A number of people including tourists visiting the Masai Mara game reserve famous for the annual migration of a million of wildlife in Kenya have been stranded for two hours after a van killed 42 goats in Narok North District.
This happened near Suswa trading centre on the busy Narok-Mai Mahiu highway 60 kilometers from Narok town. People travelling between Western Kenya and Nairobi have been also stuck in Narok to
The hotel bookings at the coast province in Kenya has decreased by 22% compared to 2011.Tourism stakeholders have said the decline has been due to insecurity done by Al-shabaab terror group and MRC in Mombasa.
Sam Ikwaye, the CEO hotel keepers said there has been cancellation of five airlines which shows the industry is not performing very well and has advised the government to deal with the matter immediatel
Kenya Airways has been chosen the best African airline for tall passengers on economy class and the 10th in the whole world because of the enough legroom.
The annual Business Traveller airline survey shows that recently KQ is in the 10th position with Virgin Atlantic and United Airlines because the legroom is between 31 and 32 inches long.
The survey has been conducted on a number of airlines across the world. Sing
The Kenya Tourism Board has developed a number of measures to improve tourism in the Rift Valley and western Kenya.
During a tourism exhibition in Eldoret, the KTB regional marketing manaer, Alex Tunoi said the board will advertise the region’s tourism sites to attract more visitors.
He said the peaceful elections will also boost tourism in the country because tourists cannot come when they are not sure about the
Companies in the tourism industry in Kisumu in Kenya have confidently told the tourists that the Lake side city is very stable. The Lake Victoria Association has said that Kisumu is now a stable country after the two days riots because the security has been increased.
The police units have been trained to make sure Kisumu is very stable. The LVTA has said the area is very safe and a number of measures have been set
The threat posed by Al Shabaab and insecurity has affected tourism in Kisumu in Kenya. The minister of tourism officer, Henry Ndubi in charge of the western tourism region said the electioneering period has sharpened the tension in the sector.
During the meeting organized by Tourism ministry and security agents about finding a solution to prevent insecurity in the town, the hoteliers said the insecurity and instabi
The giant hippopotamus will soon become a major attraction in the new Arusha city in Tanzania because of their speedy velocity, powerful jaws and sharp saber teeth.
The people in the area have not yet decided to tame the animals by putting them under full control once the site opens around Suye Hill Kimandolu ward where a number of other wildlife species will be introduced.
City Mayor, Mr. Gaudence Lyimo said Mount
Emirates airlines has increased its flights to South East Asia to three times a week to improve Kenya’s trade and tourism ties with the Asian economic giants.
The flights on Dubai to Kuala Lumpur route will be increased from three daily to 25 times a week beginning from December 3 and from February 6th they will increase to 26 a week.
Beginning from January 1st, Emirates will introduce a third direct flight to Ph
Tanzania the home of Africa’s highest mountain and a number of famous wildlife parks like Serengeti  has been currently listed by the New York Times as the best place to be visited in Africa with 783,000 tourists in 2010.
It is the largest country in East Africa with variety of wildlife and 15 National Parks. Tanzania got its independence in April 1964 by the union of mainland Tanganyika and the Zanzibar archi
214 tusks have been captured and three suspects have been arrested in Tanzania a few days after shipment from Port Dar es Salaam to Hong Kong.
Poaching has increased and almost 30 elephants a day are killed or around 10,000 elephants killed every year and the authorities have done nothing to stop the illegal killing of elephants. The demand of ivory and rhino horn has increased in china that is why poaching has inc
The Lake Elementaita Serena located on the Soysambu Conservancy has 24 tented suits and has introduced horse riding safaris to their list of activities for visitors.
The visitors will be able to carry out game drives and guided walks on horses .Bird watching can also be done because the area has more than 450 species of both residents and migratory birds. It is a home to the rare white pelicans.
The hotel is just
The Tanzania National Parks have agreed with the construction of the visualized International Airport in Mugumu town of Serengeti District in Mara region.
The construction of the airport will reduce on the distance of thousands of tourists that travel to Serengeti National Park via Arusha which is 400 km away.
The airport will be located in Uwanja wa Ndege just 40km from Senapa which is the country’s second large
Spending for   international travelers in Kenya has increased by 14% because of the partner acquisition, consumer education together with the ability of sailing machines at merchant outlets and international payment systems solutions provider visa.
The hard work done by the Kenya Tourism Board to advertise the country as the best tourist destination has successfully increased the country’s image worldwide attra
Uganda’s tourism industry will be affected by the outbreak of Marburg fever that has killed four people in Kabale district in the South Western Uganda. Yellow fever has also been discovered in Northern Uganda and the deadly hepatitis I North East of the country.
Marburg has followed the outbreak of Ebola which led to denial of Visa for Uganda’s Muslim who wanted to go for Hajji Pilgrimage.
Visitors to Uganda sh
Kitubulu Central Forest reserve in Uganda will be opened up for tourism after the government has allocated 45 acres of the forest to procurement News to construct an eco lodge.
Robert Mwesigwa the managing director of Procurement News said he has worked together with Tanzania’s Millennium hotel and will spend around Shs 3 billion to construct the hotel.
It will be called Sun Bird Kitubulu and will have 20 cotta
Tanzania has been planning to create a perfect touirism environment that will lead to an increase of the number of tourists from 800,000 to 1.6 million by 2015.
The Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu said Tanzania has a number of unique attractions but the number of visitors has stayed low and the earnings from the sector not enough.
The country has 16 national parks, Mount Kili
While Tanzania struggles to increase on the number of tourists visiting the country by 2015, the United Nations has decided to make sure that Africa’s share of international tourist arrivals is 5.2%.
Mr. Frederic Pierret, the executive Director of the United Nations World Tourism Organization said currently 5 million tourists visit Africa everyday but the number will increase to 1.6 billion by 2020.
The Executive
The killing of a rhino on Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya in 2011 has led to a number of counter measures to improve anti poaching abilities.32 rangers from the conservancy have been trained as police reservists and will be able to carry automatic rifles after passing the course.
These will be the new well armed anti poaching unit on the estate which works together with local law enforcement and the Kenya Wildlife
The tourism and export sectors in Rwanda have recorded a good performance in currently released 2012‘s private sector performance index. This shows that the country is able to attain the middle income status by 2020.
Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors worldwide. Tourism revenue has increased to US$252 million this year from US$227 million for 2011.the exports have contributed US$429 million this year w
The incidence of the maritime disaster of 18th July this year when MV Skaggit sunk in the Indian Ocean while leaving Zanzibar with 447 passengers not only 290 like how the officials had said. The cargo it had was more than the capacity it had to carry.
154 passengers survived because they were rescued by private boats and 212 disappeared and were never recovered from the sea. The accident has been one of th
The Vice President of Tanzania,Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal will attend the first Pan African Conference about Sustainable Tourism Management in Africa National Parks and protected areas which will be held in Arusha from 15th to 18th October.
The Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu said over 412 visitors will attend the conference.
He said his ministry has worked together with the UN
KLM has added two more direct flights between Amsterdam and Tanzania/Kilimanjaro beginning from December 27th 2012 to March 10th 2013 because of the increased demand for travel to the northern part of Tanzania.
Both flights will be operated by MD 11 aircraft and will return directly to Amsterdam instead of Dar es Salaam.
The additional flights will improve Tanzania’s tourism sector which has become the spine of t
The Tanzania National Parks has opened media awards with an aim of boosting domestic tourism and protection of game parks. It will be an annual event called TANAPA Media Awards.
The Public Relations Manager, Mr. Paschal Shelute said they are expecting people like the journalists from electronic media and the print. The competition is open to  all people in the country and the awards will be in two different cate
A heavy track in Mombasa with oil products has crashed into an ocean at the Likoni ferry crossing causing delay of the already brittle operations because of the slow of the staff.
The brewing argument which had turned into a political field had already led to delays for locals and tourists  that had to cross the Lokoni Channel which means the accident is expected to slow down the operations for a very long time.
The roads protected by the Tanzania National Parks have been recorded to be in a poor state and have disappointed a number of foreign tourists visiting the western part of Serengeti National Park.
Bunda District Council Executive Director (DED) Mr. Cyprian Oyieri said the some roads are very bad and tourists find it has to use them and this has made them complain a lot. If they are not repaired, it might have ser
Hemingways Watamu resort in Kenya will host the annual International Fishing Competition between November 21st and 28th November. The activity attracts number of tourists from different countries and it has taken place during the country’s worst low season.
The tourism sector of Kenya has been affected by the anti-terrorism war in Somalia, lack of proper marketing of the tourism attractions and the euro crisis.
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41,187 Indian crows in Dar es Salaam have been killed in a special operation which has been to get rid of the destructive birds. The operation involves setting up traps and use of poison called DRC 1339.
The operation started in July 2010 and by September this year, 807961 Indian crows had been killed in Tanga, Salaam, Tanga, Morogoro and coast regions. The system started in Tanga and Coast regions on 1st October w
Wandering elephants have gone wild at Nata Ward in Serengeti District destroying people’s crops and thatch roofed houses.
This had left families without homes and with no crops to harvest. The Acting Chairman of Serengeti District Council, Mr. Jumanne Kwiro said the elephants have destroyed people’s houses and crops causing a lot of fear in the area.
He has blamed the Tanzania National Park (TANAPA) of the situ
The National Environment Management Authority has disagreed with the applications of building a golf course inside any national park in Uganda.
The idea of cutting trees, introduction of alien grass species into the park ,the use of fertilizers plus the use of water to keep the grass green have been some of the reasons why NEMA has dismissed the applications because they will bring effects on both Murchison Falls
RwandaAir has introduced daily flights between Kigali and Dubai beginning from its winter schedule from 6 flights each week to 7 flights per week.
Johannesburg will also get daily flights; Lagos Nigeria will be increased from three to fiver per week, Brazzeville and Libreville to four times in a week.
It will operate in Dar es Salaam every day of the week and it will operate three times per week in Entebbe, Bujumbu
The chairman of Tanzania Tourist Board, Ambassador Charles Sanga has advised Mwanza regional authorities to increase efforts in advancing tourism in the region.
He said the region has a number of natural resources and tourist attractions so there is need to promote and make successful use of them.
Mwanza is the second largest city in Tanzania and the economic centre of the lake area. It is found in the far northern
Refill of parks and successful marketing has improved tourism in the western circuit. Hotels in Kisumu town have recorded good business because of the increase of visitors both domestic and foreign to the area. Robinson Anyal, the chairman of hotel managers in Kisumu said most hotels are fully occupied and refilling of the Kisumu Impala Sanctuary, Ruma and Nderere National Parks has contributed to the improvement.
Turkish Airlines has decided to change flight schedules and aircraft used for their destinations in East Africa beginning from the traditional winter schedule.
Beginning from 28th October, the airline will fly in Kigali 5 times a week after getting another flight using a B737-800 in both business and economy class. This flight will operate on the Istanbul Kigali route and Entebbe Istanbul giving Entebbe more freque
The government of Tanzania should build the controversial highway across the major migration routes of the Serengeti or route the planned railway to Musoma across the same corridor because the new road from Emali to Kimana has caused a number of animal deaths.
Two zebras have been knocked to death by a speeding truck since the road along the wildlife area has been paved. A number of wild animals have been reported
Kenya’s famous Masai Mara reserve has led to a contribution of Sh100 billion tourism sector for years but it is facing the effects of a difference between the expansion of tourism and constant natural ruin.
Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park located within the same environment has better management rules and it is experiencing an increase in the number of animals. The reason for the effects in Masai Mara has be
Visitors from different countries have gathered into Serengeti National Park, Tanzania’s most famous national park to observe the well known animal migration which is the greatest show in the world. A huge herd of wildebeests, Zebras, Gazelles cross the Mara River in September during their last circuit of around 1000km of green grass migration back into Serengeti National Park.
The annual migration that starts fr
The Greater Virunga Transboundary Cooperation which brings together the three gorilla countries of Rwanda, Congo, Uganda has managed to raise 30,000 USD in financial support for the Virunga National Park in the Eastern Congo.
Emergency signals have been sent from Virunga park headquarters and from NGOs operating with the park to protect and defend the gorilla populations and other wildlife in the park. The funding
The local professional hunters in Tanzania have been advised to stop complaining about foreigners and instead struggle to try to win by learning major languages  like English, French and attract hunting tourists to the country.
Secretary General of Tanzania Hunting Operators Association (TAHOA), Abdukadir Luta Mohammed said the local professional hunter s should learn from the foreign partners by obtaining skill
Tanzania has been advised to analyze its tourism plan and a comprehensive domestic tourism development strategy for achievement of the Eat Africa Common Market Protocol to promote the local tourism sector.
The Vice chairman of Tourism Confederation of Tanzania, Mr. Leopold Kabendera said the execution of the EAC Common Market Protocol perfectly changes what is considered as the regional tourist market into a domest
Due to human activities on the Kenyan side of Serengeti Eco system, the wildebeests will be discouraged from moving to Masai Mara like they have been doing during their annual migration. This has been said because of the abrupt change in the animals migratory guide when they spent three weeks in Masai Mara in Kenya instead of spending two months and rushed back to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Mr. Seth Mih
Tanzania has no plans to ban elephant hunting despite outcry from conservators and tour operators who feel the Jumbos are becoming endangered species.
The Acting Wildlife Officer, Mr Paul Sarakikya said here that the wildlife department would not scrap the elephants’ hunting permits, saying official hunting when conducted in accordance with regulations would have no effect on the country’s Elephant population.
Japan has donated art visual equipment worth shs838million at the Tourist Information Center at the Loduare entrance gate of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority in Tanzania.
The equipment has been handed over to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Mrs. Maimuna Tarishi.
The government of Japan also constructed the 77 kilometer highway joining the Makuyuni junction to the L
For more than a year, the number of international tourists has reduced in the hotels of Kenya at the coast. This number has been affected because of the Euro Zone crisis and the threats from the Somali rebels which have led to a number of bad travel advisories from the major market sources like USA and United Kingdom.
Instead of waiting for the situation to settle, the hoteliers have decided to focus on African mar
Kenya Airways has laid off 16 officials of the aviation and allied workers union during the cut back programme leaving only one staff member.Perpetua Mponjiwa, AAWU chairperson said the other workers have been laid off during the recent restructuring exercise.
Raila Odinga the PM has directed the airline to discuss with the union first before discovering other cost cutting strategies other than laying off the staff
Kenya’s tourism minister Dan Mwazo is very positive about meeting the Sh100 billion revenue target for this year due to the security incidents in the country that has led to a number of cancellations. The high season has been a good one because the hotels have recorded over 50% occupancy.
The results for the first half of this year show there has been a small increase of 3% and according to the Kenya Tourist Boar
The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has selected a senior ad visor on investments to manage all investor complaints with a telephone line for any bribery reports that obstruct investments and chase away investors.
The president also said the lawyer that confused documents for a stakeholder from Industrial Development Corporation in South Africa and delayed project implementation will be taken to the law counci
The lack of information about the importance of conserving heritage sites suppress the skill to significantly protect the historical Zanzibar stone town.
Zanzibar Stone Town heritage has been affected by the increasing population, reconstruction of historical buildings and increased motorists.Mr Muhammed Juma Mugheiry the chairperson of the Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Conservation Association said the residents an
The tourism industry of Kenya has been affected highly by the situation at the coast. Fighting between the police and the Muslim youth complaining about the murder of Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo has happened for three consecutive days and this has led to unwanted travel advisories from the major tourism source markets.
Australian, French and British embassies have advised their nationals not to travel to the coast. Th
Though Tanzania did not receive a number of tourists during the London 2012 Olympics as it had expected, Arusha has organized an international marathon to attract more tourists to the country.
The safari international marathon is held in Arusha every September and it attracts almost 2,000 athletes from all over the world. Over 1,500 participants have registered for the event and the starting and finishing point wil
In the last six months, Kenya has earned Sh38.7 billion from its tourism sector while in 2011 during the same period of time, it received Sh36.4 billion.Danson Mwazo,the tourism minister said Europe has always been the main market source with a share of 44%,Africa 25%,America 14% and Asia 11%.
United States has remained the stable market in share though United Kingdom has stayed on the top in share arrivals both by
Entry fees collection through an automated system managed by Equity Bank at Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya has annoyed the tour operators since it is awkward and causes delays.
The Equity Bank together with Narok County Council have worked together to mechanize the collection of entry fees into the reserve. The bank therefore collects entry fees from the tour operators and the visitors to the reserve on behalf of
The government of Tanzania together with a number of tourism players have worked out plans to increase on the number of tourist arrivals in the country.
The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki, said the number of tourist arrivals in the country is very low yet the country has a number of attractions.
He said the government has decided to work with tourism stakeholders to get new
The Sustainable Tourism in Albertine Rift funded by USAID has finalized their last project piece and has passed it on to the Uganda Wildlife Authority after opening a new visitor information centre in Mt Rwenzori National Park.
The center has facilities like a restaurant, craft shops and a place where visitors can be briefed from. Mountain Rwenzori is located along the Uganda and DR Congo border and receives a numb
The government of Tanzania has refused to throw out the 48,000 Masai from Serengeti to create space for hunting activities for tourists.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism have said there will be no evicting the people from Serengeti .A website by Avaaz has been forcing the government to chase out the people but the government has refused to do it since it has not been part of its plans.
The spokesperson
A number of tourists who visited Tanzania during this peak season would have chosen the London Olympics instead. Tour operators have recorded a poor start for the peak season that began in June ending in September.
People thought since there have been successful promotional campaigns in all countries, Tanzania would attract more foreign tourists than Kenya but the number has been less according to what they expecte
The agreements signed between Rwandan government and the New Forest Company to control the Nyungwe Forest buffer zones have been fully finalized after NFT joined into the tripartite partnership with the Rwanda Development Bank and the Rwanda Social Security Board.
The company can start the planting of millions of trees as planned to improve the buffer zone and also deal with harvesting in areas where softwood has g
Two tourists from German and two Kenyan pilots have been killed when their plane crashed in Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve.
The plane had been carrying 11 tourists all from German and the airstrip workers and locals managed to pull survivors.
Peterson Maelo, the Narok district police chief in the East African country said the two engine plane nose jumped off about one kilometer from the airstrip and landed in a
The Kenya tourism minister, Dan Mwanzo said there is need to start home-stay tourism to support undeveloped regions.
Home-stay tourism includes a tourist staying in people’s house instead of hotels mostly in areas where there are tourist attractions but no hotels for tourists to stay.
The home that will accommodate the tourists will get a percentage of the revenues accumulated from the tourists. The minister said
The Maralal Camel Derby in Kenya has attracted a number of foreign tourists to the country. Kenya is a country of camels and the single humped dromedary camel is the most important for the nomadic people.
The sporting activity had been a concession for communities but has become a main attraction for tourists in Samburu County.
The camel Derby takes place between August 24th and 26th and has attracted a number of t
Mwanza will work hard to develop its tourism attractions by classifying important destinations during the tourism week that will begin on September 22nd in Mwanza city.
The Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Engineer Evarist Ndikilo, said they have organized a task force with a mission of preparing activities that indicate tourism in the area.
Mwanza will celebrate the World Tourism Day on September 22nd with the rest o
GeoLodges Africa the owners of some of Uganda’s best known lodges like Jacana Safari Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Nile Safari Lodge in Murchison Falls National Park, Rain Forest Lodge in Mabira and Equator Snow that is being constructed on the bottom of Mt Rwenzori has made it to Uganda’s top 50 brands in an event organized by the Private Sector Foundation Uganda.
Eagle Air has been the only airline
The Tourism Minister of Kenya Dan Mwazo said the government will give Sh100 billion to the tourism industry this year. The number of people will increase this year because of the insistent marketing on the sector.
He said since Sh98 billion was earned from tourism last year, they expect to earn Sh100 billion this year but  they would have been more if Kenya had not faced the terror attacks that formed the idea tha
A number of officials in the tourism ministry in Tanzania have been dismissed for involving themselves in the illegal export of wildlife to Qatar in 2010.the information was got from the aviation workers who saw a Qatari air force aircraft being loaded with animals after forged documents for clearing the cargo and flight had been presented.
The officials that were involved include the Deputy Director of wildl
The Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority has introduced a motivated expansion programme that will lead to the increase of two aerodromes into international Airports.
The Civil Aviation Authority Public Relations Manager, Mr. Ignie Igunduura said the development of the Gulu and Kasese airports into International Airports has been done. The master plan studies in charge of the development have already given the govern
Zanzibar has decided to kill all the black crows in the country because of the destruction of environment in the islands.Mr. Sheha Hamdan the director-forestry department said the people have been told about the birds and implementers are being trained to help in destroying all the India black crows because they are not useful anymore.
Tourist hotel staffs, defense and security department and some of the people fro
The Country Manager of Kenya for Brussels Airlines, Pierre Declerk, said the airline has added more flights from Brussels to Mombasa in November and back to Europe and Brussels via Nairobi in Kenya.
This will open up the beaches in the north and south of Mombasa for tourists from Europe and from other airlines international network therefore developing tourism at the Kenyan coast as the country fights this year to
Environment friendly projects are very useful in supporting sustainable tourism in developing countries like Tanzania. During the international conference about sustainable tourism in developing countries, the assistant Vice President Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi said the projects should focus on cultural tourism, conservation awareness and capacity development.
He said it is known that social and economic developmentÂ
South African Airways has added more direct  flights from 7times a week to 10 times a week from Johannesburg to Nairobi.
The airline will still use B737-800 AND Airbus A319 on the Johannesburg to Nairobi route and they have 157 and 129 seats respectively in both Economy and Business.
The main reason for the increase has been the increase in demand of travel between Kenya and South Africa and because of the incre
The Tanzania National Parks has changed the conservation fees and a number of service charges beginning July 2013 to June 2015.the stakeholders have therefore been given one year to begin employing the new charges that will keep increasing every after two years.
Children will be charged a certain amount to enter the tourism attractions and some of the fees that have been increased include local aircraft landing fee
People from different countries across the world will meet in Zanzibar in August for the International Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Developing Countries to discuss the different matters on tourism industry in developing countries.
The conference coordinator, Dr John Philemon said the conference will take place on August 8 and 9 at Zanzibar Beach Resort.
The mission of the conference is to calculate on resul
Archeologists from Kenya and China have discovered bullet cartridges, a mammalian skeleton and an old house wall near Malindi chief’s camp. They dug a number of sites in Malindi and Mambrui looking for the early Malindi Kingdom believed to be in existence during the 14th century.
Jambo Haro, the head of Coast Archeology at the National Museum of Kenya said they have found early materials for mortuary practices an
Hotels at the coast of Kenya have received a number of tourists from Britain who have chosen to be away from London during the Olympics since some want to avoid congestion and other activities caused by the event.
Mohammed Hersi the chairman of MCTA said the Olympics have given the Mohammed Hersi the chairman of MCTA said the Olympics have led to the increase on the tourist arrivals at the coast. He said the visi
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism will soon finalize the stages of setting up the Tanzania Wildlife Authority.
Deputy Minister in the ministry, Mr. Lazaro Nyalandu, said a unit on the establishment of the authority has visited the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) and Ngorongoro Conservation Authority to learn how they run.Nyalandu, the unit has been able to  learn operation structures of th
Emirates and Turkish Airlines famously known international airlines have planned to begin direct flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania.
During the opening of Qatar Airways on Doho to Kilimanjaro route at KIA, the Tourism Minister said KIA will be able to get connections from the rest of the world and help in increasing on the number of tourist arrivals and revenue.
Tanzania has special tourist si
The government of Uganda has been advised to restore the national airline if it will control the opportunities the tourism sector provides.
Mr. David Mpango Kakuba, the Deputy Managing Director of Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said a national carrier will help the country get a centre and a way to promote her tourism attractions. Airlines cannot advertise Uganda’s tourism attractions on their flig
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has promised tourists that the areas near the national parks in Western Uganda are very safe though there has been fighting in DR Congo.
People have been worried about the safety of tourists visiting parks like Queen Elizabeth Park, Bwindi and Mgahinga National Park.
The UWA Public Relations Manager, Lilian Nsubuga said they have been working together with security agencies and UPDF to
Nairobi the capital city of Kenya has been selected the fourth most visited destination city in Africa in 2012 according to the Master Card Global Destination Cities Index. The index said that 1.8 million visitors are expected to visit Nairobi contributing Sh126 billion into the city’s market.
Most visitors come from Amsterdam, London and Johannesburg. Those from London will spend Sh28.4 billion this year, those
Korean Air will begin transporting flowers and coffee from Kenya directly to Korea, China and Japan because the Asian Airline has decided to increase on its number of flights to Kenya from three times a week to daily flights.
Kim Chan Woo, the Korean ambassador to Kenya said costs and time taken to export the two Kenyan products  into the three countries through some western capitals will be saved.
He has also e
Out the 15 national parks in Tanzania, 10 are located in southern and western region but tourists visit those in the northern region.
Mr. Allan Kijazi the director general of the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) said only the northern region attracts almost 90% of the 960,000 of the tourists visiting the country. The northern part has attractions like Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Arusha, Lake Manyara and Tarangire
Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi has closed the Buganda Tourism Expo on 2nd July   that had opened for one week. There were a number of attractions like the totems, reptiles, wildlife like the lion, art and crafts.
The Prime Minister 0f Buganda, JB Walusimbi said a Buganda cultural village with a museum, a forest, a manmade lake and other things will be constructed to put the entire Buganda heritage in one place.
The
The Kenyan passport fee has been raised by the Immigration Ministry from Sh3, 040 to Sh4, 500.The diplomatic passport will cost from Sh6, 000 to Sh7, 500 and an ordinary one will cost Sh6, 000.
The East African travel document will cost Sh940 and a temporary passport will cost Sh3, 000.For one to replace a valid but damaged passport will pay Sh10, 000.
Those that want a permanent residence but lost citizenship will
The oldest mountain gorilla in Bwindi National Park identified as Ruhondeza has died in his sleep. The ape was more than 50 years and was the head of the Mubare gorilla group found in the Buhoma side of the park. It was the first mountain gorilla in Uganda to be habituated in 1991.
Ruhondeza has been buried in Buhoma near the visitor Information Centre and the burial was attended by hundreds of people.
Uganda depen
The Uganda Wildlife Authority, the Ministry of Tourism has worked together with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have introduced a new trail in Mgahinga National Park famous for the rare mountain gorillas to improve the tourism revenue.
The trail will enable tourists to visit different cultural sites in the route of the Batwa tribe in Southwestern part of Uganda. SAID will invest $31,000 to train B
The CEO of the East African Wildlife Society, the Eastern Africa conservation NGO, Nigel Hunter will leave   the organization by the end of the month but he will still help the society in fund raising. Michael Gachanja will be the new CEO from 1st July.
EAWLS has introduced payment facilities by use of credit cards and the stand in UK has been changed from the Africa Travel and Tourism Association to Kenya.
Kenya
The Buganda Tourism exhibition organized by the Buganda Kingdom Tourism Ministry has begun at the Kabaka’s palace in Lubiri and will end on July 1st.
The theme of the event this year is Celebrating Our Cultural Diversity with an aim of observing and encouraging the different cultures in Uganda.
The expo has attracted a number of activities like wildlife education, Buganda clan workshop, totem display, internation
At Jericho Bar in Kisauni region of Mombasa in Kenya a place which is really visited by tourists has been attacked by grenade during the England and Italy match on the night of 24th June. The US embassy has advised foreign countries to remove their people from Mombasa. One person has been reported dead and many have been rushed to hospital because of the injuries.
This has also happened in Nairobi and some of the s
The tourism department under the Private Sector Federation in Rwanda has been  has been trying to discover the main causes of poor customer care in hotels and restaurants. The  chairman of the department, Edwin Sabuhoro said there is a big gap between the employees and the employers.
The owners of the facilities should have a detailed employment arrangement that shows the salary for the employees.
He said a n
The Abyssinian Ground Hornbill is one of the two species of ground Hornbill. There is the southern and the Northern Ground Hornbill and the Abyssinian Ground Hornbill is an African bird found north of the Equator. Groups of ground hornbills have homes of 2-100 square miles.
They can live 35-40 years and they eat things like the lizards, tortoises, beetles, spiders, caterpillars, fruits, seeds, groundnuts and a numb
Tourism is the major foreign currency earner in Zanzibar so everyone has a role in developing the sector.Dr Shein said 80% of foreign income is contributed by tourism and more than 70% of Zanzibar adults work in the tourism industry.
Since Zanzibar is expecting 500,000visitors by 2020,there is need to improve on the security in the country.
He said information on how to promote tourism while protecting the c
The Kenya Wildlife Service has reopened the Hell’s gate National Park gorge that had been closed two months ago because of the flash floods that swept 7 youths that had come on a trip. The KWS CEO Dr.Julius Kipngetich said during the annual wheel barrow race that the dangerous areas in the gorge have been marked and escape routs have been identified incase of the floods in the gorge.
He also said the park name wi
Kenya Airways has released records about the financial year for 2011/2012 and there has been constant profits, an increase in revenue and an increase in the number of passengers. The negative records include a slight reduction of profits compared to the 2010/2011 financial year.
The reduction has led to declined earnings and the main cause has been the increase in fuel prices and labor cost. There has been labor co
A number of hotel employers at the coast will lose their jobs because the tourism sector is recording a low number of guests  because of the beginning of the low season
The chairman of Kenya Association Hotel keepers and caterers, Titus Kangangi said a number of hotels have closed and those still operating have resorted to domestic and conference tourism so that they can stay in business until the beginning of t
Hotels and restaurants in Rwanda have been advised about poor service delivery or else they will lose their stars that have currently been given according to their services.
Denis Karera, the chair person of the hotel proprietors association said the notice is from the emphasis for hospitality industry to develop their services that have been a burden in the country for a long time.
The services can be improved by
East Africa has not been chosen as a perfect tourist destination according to the National Economic and Social Council which means the governments of the country should assess the regulatory laws in the sector.
The report organized by NESC and the United Nations Economic Commission for East Africa and Africa at large. It states that the government should inspire private investment through the formation of precise t
Emirates in Uganda has reduced its charges that the travelers have been paying to 48% until 15th July to make emirates airline the best choice for all.
The country’s manager of Emirates said they are very eager to give Ugandans wonder charges and attractive travel experience offered. The special charges are for destinations in Europe and Asia therefore making it a better time to go for a holiday, visit friends an
During the naming of new born gorillas well known as Kwita Izina which takes place every 16th of June in Rwanda, there will be a number of other activities this year. On the 9th, there will be a cycling race where the cyclists from different countries will drive from Kigali to Ruhengeri where the main event will take place.
After the race, there will be community centre activities where by the sanitation, water and
Tanzania has introduced an economic way through selling the environment to foreign visitors therefore introducing environment tourism.
Engineer Estomih Chang’a, the Municipal Director said visitors have been interested in test the local environment and the council has been receiving almost 200,000 environment tourists each year.
Environment tourism can contribute almost 30 billion revenue every year and to ma
According to the current information from the Kenya Tourist Board, the number of tourist arrivals has reduced slightly in the first quarter of 2012.
The statistics indicate that the total number of tourists by air and sea has reduced by0.5%compared to 2011 during the same period of time.
The Tourism Minster Dan Mwazo said the decline has been as a result of the abduction of tourists in Lamu in 2011 and the travel a
The Rwanda Safari Guide Association has offered the trainees an exam for Bronze status so that the guides can be skilled according to both international and regional standards.
100 guides have been trained and those that will perform well in the exam will continue to silver, gold and platinum standards. This will show visitors that Rwanda has well trained guides working in tourism.
Kenya has the most developed syst
Drug addicts in Kunduchi suburb in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania has constantly threatened the tourists to discourage cultural tourism along the beach. This suburb is in Kinondoni Municipality where a number of hotels are located and young drug addicts have invaded the region.
The drug addicts have bothered visitors and residents in the region yet culture tourism is the most important activity in the area. A number of
The Slovakia Republic will bring 200 tourists to Kenya in July for one week to boost tourism and economic connection with Kenya.
Dan Mwazo the Tourism Minister of Kenya said the Kenya Tourist Board is  concentrating on new tourist markets mainly in Eastern Europe.
The minister has however called on more relationship not only in the tourism sector but also investment sector with Slovakia.
He has advised businessm
Muhammad Hersi the chairman of Mombasa and Coast Association has disproved with reports in United Kingdom that Virgin Atlantic’s withdrew from Kenya because of insecurity.
He said the airline stopped operating in the country because of commercial reasons not insecurity and it is highly unfortunate.
The poor information on online news and social network against the country will affect the country’s image. Vi
Part of the Norok-Mai Mahiu Road in Kenya that had been closed for three days has been reopened therefore making movement of tourists to Masai Mara game reserve and passenger going to Narok and Nairobi easier s since they had been suffering a lot.
Repairing of the road had been stopped after heavy rains in the area so the people have asked the government to build a bridge at the damaged area not just repair.
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Tourism players in East Africa will attend the Diani Tourism summer festival in Mombasa from 27th June to 4th July. The mission of the exhibition will be Eco tourism, culture and responsible tourism, insurance, sports, communication, fabric and other attractions.
Members from Uganda, Burundi, South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania will enjoy the beach where the expo will take place and the different tourism activ
According to the current information from the Kenya Tourist Board, the number of tourist arrivals has reduced slightly in the first quarter of 2012.
The statistics indicate that the total number of tourists by air and sea has reduced by0.5%compared to 2011 during the same period of time.
The Tourism Minster Dan Mwazo said the decline has been as a result of the abduction of tourists in Lamu in 2011 and the travel a
The fifth edition of the Swahili Fashion week will take place in Nairobi the capital of Kenya on 30th August 2012 and then in Arusha on 1st September therefore giving people enough time with fashion ideas ready to be shown to the judges and public to submit them in before the finals in Dar es Salaam between the 8th and 10th November 2012.
The main finals will take place in Zanzibar  on 11th November where the wi
Air Tanzania has started again flights to between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza via Kilimanjaro flying twice a day between Arusha and Mwanza.
The one way and return ticket is cheaper than Precision Air. Precision Air flies 4 times a day between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza and 7 times a day between Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro making it the best in terms of flights.
Air Tanzania is trying to get another jet and the Bombard
The Uganda Wildlife has opened up a new website with 10 small sites showing the country’s national parks to fit in the new way of electronic marketing and to guide tourists visiting it.
The new website with links to social Medias like You Tube, MySpace, Facebook, TripAdvisor and Twitter will boost Uganda’s image, show the country’s natural beauty and confirm Uganda as tourists’ premium destination.
The Prim
Virgin Atlantic will stop operating on the Nairobi-London route on September 24 because of the rise in costs and the effective economic environment in both Europe and Kenya that has been happening in the last five years.
Julie Southern, the Chief Commercial Officer of Virgin Atlantic said the pull out ha been as a result of external factors like the increasing aviation taxes in UK, the high fuel prices and inadequa
Rwanda Air has included Mwanza Tanzania’s main Lake Victoria town on their destination list as the airline develops and the flights will start in June. The Airline operates in Kilimanjaaro, Dar es Salaam, Arusha and more towns in Tanzania will be added on the Rwanda Air’s list.
The airline will operate daily to Johannesburg to increase their reach in their mission to connect Rwanda across the region and Africa
Kenya will face a problem of accommodation crisis because of lack of enough bed space yet it will host one of the major international conferences.
The government vision 2030 progress report says the country has passed its targeted bed capacity for the last two years only if more hotels and accommodation facilities are constructed. The number rose in 2010 to 17.2 million. Edward Sambili, the permanent secretary in t
Rwanda Air the national airline for Rwanda has increased flight to Johannesburg from June with one  transfer during the day and night.
South African Airways had been operating three times a week on days Rwanda Air does not operate to Kigali, and Bujumbura in Burundi. The rising demand on the path between South Africa and Rwanda, Kigali to Brazzaville, Lagos in West Africa, to Dubai 6 times a week and across the
The Marasa Africa hospitality group owned by the Madhvani family have achieved the Silverback Lodge previously owned by the Geo lodges Uganda.
The Silverback lodge is the largest accommodation facility in Bwindi National Park at the Buhoma side with 12 self contained rooms. This will be the fourth lodge owned by Marasa Africa in Uganda after Mweya safari lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Chobe and Paraa safar
Kenya Airways has marked up with cellulant to provide their clients and passengers current information via mobile phone text messaging .KQ Mobile will be accessed by dialing *737# on a mobile phone and get a number of details on flight departures, ticketing issues, frequent flyer status updates, general time tables  and occasional delays.
Dr, Titus Naikuni the CEO of Kenya Airways said the need to diversify cu
Uganda’s beautiful culture has not been properly marketed for boosting the tourism industry.Mr. Haruna Wlusimbi, the Director of Nile Beats Artists said the country has a wide range of culture and is capable of earning a lot of income but there is no strategy to improve the region.
Cultural tourism has to be marketed because the culture is still original compared to those in other parts of the world. Uganda has a
Seven youths have died in the Hells Gate National Park in the Nivasha floods and this has led to the stopping of visitors from visiting the gorge by the Kenya Wildlife Services.
Nelly Palmeris the director in charge said the gorge is not safe for people during the current rains in the country. The meteorological department has said the country will receive more heavy rains therefore more floods but the other parts
Dan Mwazo the new Tourism Minister of Kenya said the country will reach its target of 3 million tourists every year only if the media carries out good and devoted journalism.
He said the media is responsible for the rise and decline of the country’s tourism industry because they report and expose security matters.
Though Kenya has been having security matters, the media has widened small situations to appear like
The Kenya Tourist Board has advised local companies to   boost domestic tourism through business travels to local destinations. KTB Managing Director, Muriithi Ndegwa said the use of local tourist places will improve domestic tourism growth ideas and also contribute to international tourist supply.
He said Kenyans should travel and discover their country and also be able to   efficiently market the places t0 th
Kenya has introduced Etihad Airways in its travel market and will be operating from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and it has been the first country in East Africa to welcome the airline’s airbus A320.
Other countries in Africa where Etihad Airways operates include South Africa, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. The airline has been in existence for long in international destinations and has received more than 30 aw
A leopard has killed seven goats in Gakuyu sub location in Murang’a in Kenya which has scared the people of the village.
According to the reports, the leopard is suspected to have moved from Mt Kenya forest and it has killed over 35 goats in the nearby five villages.
Justus Mwangi, the owner of the dead seven goats said there had been commotion in the animals shelter at 4am and when he woke up he found his goats
Noah Wekesa the minister of Forestry and wildlife has advised farmers in Laikipia to discover tourism related activities instead on depending on farming a lone. This has been said when the Laikiapia Nature Conservancy director Kuki Gallman said that the free lands near her conservancy to be changed into wildlife sanctuaries.
During the assessing of the damage caused by the fire that had been started by the poachers
Direct flights from Nairobi and Abu Dhabi have been opened by Etihad Airways .Etihad Airways is a national carrier of the United Arab Emirates  and it has been recorded the current international airline to join  the  Kenya’s market.
The airline will provide cargo and passenger services and this will improve tourism travel to Kenya from the Middle East and Asia.
The charge for UAE exports to Kenya has been re
A meeting has been organized by tourism players in Mwanza Tanzania to talk about the better way of supporting travel into the area to improve on the tourism earnings.
A number of members of the Tourism Development Initiative and other organizations have discussed the major issues like improving Mwanza airport. Instead of constructing one near Serengeti yet it’s a two hours drive to Serengeti.
Lake Victoria has to
The East African Community will receive US$7.3 million for environmental activities in Lake Victoria from World Bank. The finances will be provided under the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase II a project in East Africa with an aim of promoting collaborative transboundary management of the Lake Victoria Basin to decrease environmental problems like degradation of catchment areas and pollution.
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The new Tourism Minister of Kenya said he’s expecting  three million tourists this year and revenue between Sh120 billion to Sh130billion which is a motivated target compared to that of Najib Balala the former Minister of Tourism.
Balala said since there are general elections this year and the current travel advisors, the aim of the minister is to struggle and maintain the numbers of 2011.
In 2011, the industry
Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest National Pak in Uganda and is located in Mbarara district. The park was named after the lake which is found in the area. The small park has a number of animal species like the Kobs, Impala, Zebras, bushbucks, spotted hyena, buffaloes, leopard and a number of bird species like crested crane, shoebill stork and others.
Apart from game drives, there area a number of activities
According to the current research, Kenya bookings have reduced by almost 60% since 2011 because of the threats of Somalia rebels and civil instability.
Six people have been killed in March  in Nairobi by explosions and the foreign countries have advised foreigners to stay 60km from the border of Somalia because of the current abductions. Judith Tebutt a British that had been kidnapped by the Somalia rebels from
Najib Balala the Tourism minister has said he wants United Kingdom to change the travel advisory on Kenya because one of the citizens  Judith Tebbutt that had been kidnapped by the Somalia rebels has been released after paying Sh99 million.
Judith Tebutt was kidnapped in 2011 seven months ago from a resort beach in Lamu by the Somalia rebels and shot the husband during the process.
The British government wrote
Cultural tourism includes the lifestyle of the people in different parts of the country, their religion, architecture, art and the history. It also includes tourism in large cities, urban areas, historic areas and cultural facilities like the theatres and museums.
Cultural tourism is being practiced from all over the world where by visitors are introduced to the cultures and traditions of original people in their t
Players in the civil aviation industry in Tanzania will meet to discuss on how to boost the industry while the government works on its rules. The meeting will be attended by 150 locals and international experts whose advice will be used improve the aviation policy.
Experts will be drained from the aviation, economy, finance and tourism industries and those from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
The Responsible Tourism Tanzania (RTTZ) has worked together with the British High Commission and other stakeholders like the Hotel Association Tanzania and Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) and Travelife International to organize a number of training workshops for lodge operators and hoteliers in Tanzania with a theme of responsible tourism and eco- certifica
Fish farming has been introduced in to two rural villages of Serengeti District in Mara region to boost the diets of people and to increase on the income. This has led to the reduction of hunting the wildlife in Serengeti National Park for business and eating.
Villages that have the highest number of poachers in the district include Robanda and Bonchugu and are located near Grumeti game reserves in the western part
A number of tour operators from Uganda have visited Seychelles for four days sponsored by Uganda Travel Bureau and Seychelles Tourism Board to know what the country has.
This has been the first time the Ugandan tour operators have received such invitation yet they have been selling the destination to Ugandans mostly those on a honey moon.
The managing Director of UTB, Pearl Hoareau said 643 Ugandans   visited t
Hotels, restaurants and bars in Rwanda have been told to join the Rwanda Hotels, Restaurants and Bars Association (RHRBA) which is a hospitality industry association. The organization has an aim of promoting and protecting the interests of its members by controlling key industry decision makers and helping to organize policy.
The organization has set up an action plan to deal with the challenging issues of service
Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism has introduced the Tourism Police to make sure the tourists and their property are safe because for the country to earn a lot from the sector, the tourists both foreign and local have to be protected.
The Tourism Police has to work together with the sector to make sure their work is well done and the police should operate in the different tourist destinations throughout the country li
Kenya’s tourism sector has been one of the top sectors that have contributed to the country’s GNP and this has led to the over depending on foreign tourists but have cancelled their trips because of the Somali rebel attacks.
Kenya Tourist Board has successfully marketed  domestic tourism and this has helped because the locals have started visiting the different attractions in the country. There is need to in
United Kingdom has showed confidence that the inspection equipment that have been given to Kenya will help improve on the security in the country though it has promised to keep its travel guidance under a stable evaluation.
The British High Commission officials said UK has used the current decisions to change the travel guidance carefully through discussing closely with Kenyan authorities. The highest number of tou
A modern high school in Robanda village located in Serengeti district in Tanzania has been constructed from part of the percentage they receive from Robanda Tented Camp .the lodge belongs to Moivaro Group and in 2011, the group gave Robanda village 115m/- which they have used to build the new high school. Five classrooms and a laboratory have been constructed and the administration block will soon be finished.
Roba
The hotel keepers and caterers in Kenya have asked the government to decide the actual date of the elections so that they can make early arrangements for their businesses. They said August will not be a great month for the elections because it is the period tourists come in large number to view the migrating wildlife.
Jaideep S Vohra the National chairman of Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers said the
Two huge powerful elephants each 13ft high in Amboseli National Park in Kenya have fought for the love of females who disappeared in fear during the fight.
The strong elephants crashed heads as they tried to pierce each other with their 5ft tusks that had been acting as blades.
The battle at the park had been seen by one of the visitors that had been in the park. Elephants mostly fight because of the females and th
The Kenya Wildlife Service has worked together with Tanzania National Parks and have started a game count for two week in the transboundary ecosystem of the Kilimanjaro and Amboseli region. The African Wildlife Fund is also part of the group and the reason to count is to have enough information about the animals which information will lead to organizing a longer term game and wildlife monitoring programme.
The offi
Saanane Island which is located in Mwanza on Lake Victoria has been recorded as one of the wonderful attraction on the Island. The Park had been the first zoo in Tanzania in 1964 with an aim of encouraging interest and conservation education in wildlife and to encourage leisure to the people of Mwanza town.
The island has activities like picnics, gameviewing, bird watching and rock hiking. Tanzania National Parks A
