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Confusion over Mozambique visa fees
Friday, July 16th 2010
The Mozambican Government has announced an increase in visa fees for tourists to Mozambique with immediate effect. This comes as a result of the introduction of the biometric system - currently enforced at Maputo (Malavane) Airport and the Komatipoort border. The cost of the visas has increased to US$82 per person, however at only these 2 points of entry at this time. The increase apparently kicked in on the 6th of July when tourists...Read full article...
Tanzania Plans for Serengeti Highway
Wednesday, June 23rd 2010
The government of Tanzania recently approved a major commercial truck highway across the Serengeti. The US$480 million highway is planned to link Arusha and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya through the Serengeti National Park, said Isidori Shirima, Arusha regional commissioner. Conservation organizations have warned that the highway would be destructive to the Serengeti ecosystem, as it cuts across the path of ancient wildlife migration...Read full article...
Five Black rhinos released in Serengeti
Friday, May 28th 2010
Five Black rhinos are released in the Serengeti in the 'most ambitious' relocation of large mammals project ever. The illegal trade in rhino horn in the 1960s & 70s pushed this rare species to the brink of extinction. From a peak population of more than 1,000 in the Serengeti area in the middle of the last century, only two females remained by 1991. Conservationists, concerned that the Eastern Black Rhinoceros would be wiped out in East...Read full article...
Joint visa for 6 SADC countries
Tuesday, April 27th 2010
Mozambique is amongst the first group of six member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who intend to introduce a single visa, allowing tourists to visit all of them on the same entry visa. According to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Fernanda Matsinha the single visa, known as Univisa, will in its pilot phase cover Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland. It is to be...Read full article...
Elephants, Ivory and CITES
Wednesday, March 24th 2010
At yesterday's meeting of all CITES members in Doha, the application by Tanzania and Zambia to CITES to allow sales of ivory stocks and thereby suspend the 21 year old moratorium was turned down for fears that any sales would fuel the illegal sale of ivory. A resounding victory for elephant conservationists, although Tanzania have announced that they will appeal. Watch this...Read full article...
Single tourist visa for East Africa?
Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
The introduction of a single tourist visa for East Africa could be implemented by as soon as June 2010. The East African Community (EAC) ministerial council on Tourism and Wildlife Management considered a report of a task force study on the introduction of the single tourist visa in the East African community. A working plan piloting a single tourist visa has been developed and test runs are expected to involve nationals from South...Read full article...
Tanzanite Experience
Monday, February 1st 2010
The Tanzanite Experience is proud to announce the opening of the world's only Tanzanite Mine Visitor Centre in Merelani, situated only 70 km from Arusha, Tanzania. Learn about ethical and socially responsible tanzanite mining in a safe environment. You can also do down a proper mine shaft and have the opportunity to purchase well cut certified tanzanite from the onsite shop, where a tanzanite expert is on hand to answer any queries. On-site are...Read full article...
Kenya and Tanzania - one tourism destination
Wednesday, January 6th 2010
Kenya calls on Tanzania to jointly promote tourism The East African Community (EAC) is preparing a strategy to sell its five partner states (Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda) as a single tourism destination, and Kenya is now calling for a Memorandum of Understanding with Tanzania on the development and promotion of the industry. Promoting Kenya and Tanzania as one tourism destination would help remove bureaucratic barriers and...Read full article...
Serengeti - Maasai Mara border crossing closed
Monday, October 26th 2009
The Tanzania Tourist Board has dismissed reports that the Sand River/Bologonja border crossing point connecting Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is open. Tanzania has no intention of reopening the Sand River / Bologonja border point. The entry point will remain closed for environmental reasons. They feel that the fragile ecosystem of the area, which has a World Heritage Site status, cannot be...Read full article...
Cape Town Signs Responsible Tourism Charter
Thursday, October 1st 2009
Cape Town has become the first city in South Africa to sign a Responsible Tourism Charter, establishing an active partnership between City Of Cape Town and tourism industry stakeholders. At a media briefing held on Monday 28th September 2009 at Greenways Hotel in Claremont, Cape Town the document was introduced by Theuns Vivian from the City Of Cape Town's tourism department. This was followed by two presentations. The first by hotel owner,...Read full article...
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