The Department of Home Affairs has said reports of UK-based travellers experiencing problems entering South Africa because of immigration regulations were “baseless and inaccurate”. In a statement the department said negative reports had emerged due to distortion of facts. “We wish to categorically state that these reports are baseless and[…]
A recent wave in high-profile incidents of terrorism is likely to have detrimental effects on the tourism sector, with cancellations to popular tourist destinations across Europe already on the rise, according to a local tourism researcher. A series of coordinated attacks in Paris, suicide bombings in Beirut and other parts[…]
The ebola virus, economic decline in some countries, and South Africa’s new immigration regulations are to blame for the drop in tourist arrivals to South Africa, Grant Thornton Advisory Services said on Monday. About 150 000 fewer tourists visited South Africa in the first quarter of the year compared to[…]
Over 1,000 delegates from more than 50 countries are expected to converge upon the capitol city of Istanbul, Turkey, for the second annual European international Halal Tourism Conference (HTC2015), one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, currently worth an estimated $150 billion. “Turkey is the biggest destination for[…]
With Malaysia seen as a popular tourist destination for Capetonians, the country is hoping to further strengthen ties with South Africa in improve tourism there. This emerged at the World Travel Market Africa 2015, which this year hosted travel companies from around the world at the Cape Town International Convention[…]
With a reputation as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it’s not hard to understand why Cape Town’s Big 6 has now become the Big 7. The Big 7 is a list of the iconic destinations that form the core of the true Cape Town experience, and[…]
Abu Dhabi’s Tourism and Culture Authority has launched a unique Halal Tourism drive aimed at positioning the destination as the leading destination for Halal tourism. South Africa’s Muslim travellers will now be able to benefit from a range of holiday packages adhering to Islamic beliefs and practices. The emirate’s presented[…]
Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way in 2014. But they didn’t hurt the country’s tourism, and the higher visibility may even have helped: visitor numbers had their strongest growth in years. For the past decade, Malaysia has run an elaborate campaign to market itself[…]
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is no threat to tourism in South Africa, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi said on Tuesday. “Government reiterates that South Africa remains the destination of choice for tourism,” she said in a statement. “No cases of the Ebola virus have been reported in the country,[…]
Prayer rooms, hijabs made from local silk and even halal-certified whale meat are appearing in Japan as tourism bosses wake up to the demand from Muslim travellers. For a largely homogeneous country with only around 100,000 practising Muslims, that means groping its way through unfamiliar customs as it looks to[…]
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