COVID19 testing sited for tourists - Update 15 April 2021
Namibia’s tourism sector upbeat on recovery following vaccine…
Namibia is upbeat about reviving its ailing tourism industry which lost more than about 220 million U.S. dollars in a year due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic following the advent of a vaccine, a…
Airlines Look To Fill The Gap Left By…
Following on from the collapse of Namibian national flag carrier Air Namibia last month, state-owned Namibia Airport Company (NAC) has welcomed the increased frequency of flights to Namibia by Airlink and FlyWestair. After years of…
Gondwana turns to High Court for Hollard to…
Gondwana Collection Namibia, a major player in Namibia’s tourism industry, has turned to the High Court of Namibia to force short-term insurer, Hollard Insurance Company of Namibia, to pay out what it calls “agreed commitments”…
Gondwana reinvents itself during the quiet period in…
The Gondwana Collection Namibian has turned the Gondwana Travel Centre in Windhoek into an all-in-one hub for travel and safaris in Namibia as from 1 March. The centre will be used to support direct bookings…
Opinion – Open letter on designation of Namibia…
Let me briefly introduce the Namibia Travel & Tourism Forum to you. We are an open platform for all tourism businesses in Namibia and try to represent the sector in large without being biased or…
Crafter faces eviction
THE ripple effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are being felt by many people across the country on a daily basis. Fifty-seven-year-old Sara Basson, a craft artist who runs her business at the Namibian Craft Centre,…
Gondwana Collection’s assessed lodges in compliance with WHO…
The Gondwana Collection recently received compliancy certificates from Eco Awards for fully adhering with the hygiene and safety standards of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This follows Eco Awards independent assessors visit to Gondwana’s lodges…
Dark sky tourism and sustainable development in Namibia
Namibia is world-renowned for its incredibly dark skies by the astronomy community, and yet, the country is not well recognised as a dark sky destination by tourists and travellers. Forged by a collaboration between the…
South mourns Air Namibia’s demise – Truth, for…
Oranjemund constituency councillor Lazarus Nangolo says government and various stakeholders should re-strategise and work around modalities to allow Air Namibia to continue operating instead of closing it down through liquidation. “As regional councillor and former…
Airports company turns to private sector
WITH its main shareholder facing budgetary constraints, the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has turned to private financiers to fund its five-year plan. This is a development Air Namibia will not see after the Cabinet's decision…