NAMIBIA, being a youthful nation with mainly women-headed households, needs an agenda which cannot exclude women and young people. This was said by Seimy Shidute, the deputy executive director of administration, planning and tourism in…
Dysfunctional European airports dent Nam tourism
DYSFUNCTIONAL airports at Namibia's top tourist markets might limit the number of flights coming to Namibia, thereby limiting tourist inflows into the country, until the situation has been resolved. According to a report by Simonis…
How Kenya & Namibia tourism survived the pandemic…
A new case study detailing how collaboration and resilience were key to Kenya and Namibia’s conservation and tourism industries survival of the COVID-19 pandemic was released at the IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) this…
Diplomats implored to become tourists
International relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged heads of diplomatic missions assigned to Namibia to explore the country, saying it is a vast country with cities, towns and villages that are all unique in their…
Pageant queens to represent Namibia at Miss Eco-Tourism…
TWO young Namibian women will be strutting their stuff at the Miss Eco-Tourism World pageant in Durban, South Africa, in October. Miss Eco-Tourism World Namibia Magdalena Haingura (25) and Miss Teen Eco-Tourism World Namibia Innocentia…
Tourism sector moving towards normalcy
THE proportion of Namibians visiting local tourism establishments continued to decline with a 37,7% share during April 2022 compared to 43,7% during the prior month. According to the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN), this is…
Kapofi unaware of Grootfontein tourist arrest
MINISTER of defence and veterans affairs Frans Kapofi says he is not aware of the arrest of two South African tourists who allegedly took pictures of the Grootfontein military base. According to Otjozondjupa police spokesperson…
National Tourism Satellite Account launched
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), which provides a basis for the country to move further towards resilience and economic diversification was recently launched on 19 May in Windhoek, according to a recently released UN Namibia…
Scheduled Bus Services
Intercape Mainliner (www.intercape.co.za) connects Namibia with South Africa as well as the Namibian towns from the south via Windhoek to the central coastal area and the north up to Oshikango. Within Namibia there are many…
Rehabilitation starts on Katima Mulilo airport runway
THE Namibian Government together with state-owned enterprise Namibia Airports Company (NAC) on 9 June commissioned the Katima Mulilo Airport Runway Rehabilitation Project to improve the landing and take-off of aircraft at the strategically located airport…
Exploring the Exploradio App
JANA-MARIE Tors (JT) is a speaker and actress, mom of two, and has founded SmilingKidsNamibia, which trains young actors to be clowns and offers local hospitals shows. She is also the founder of the start-up…