BOAT owners at Walvis Bay are looking forward to the start of the new week, following the lifting of travel restrictions between regions by president Hage Geingob. They say the series of lockdowns, since last…
New kid on the block to deliver the…
Orlando Safaris recently opened its doors to domestic and foreign tourists as a safari and tour operator offering a full service for arranging and booking safaris, throughout the country. The safari specialist runs its administration…
NTB bemoans Govt underfunding
NAMIBIA Tourism Board chairperson Paul Brinkmann last week bemoaned government underfunding, which he said led to cost-cutting measures like keeping posts vacant in the hope of reducing the para-stastal's N$25 million wage bill. He said…
Wildlife Resorts to host motorcyclists on an exclusive…
The Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) will be hosting the Tshwane Legends Bikers Club (TLB) from Gauteng, South Africa on a nine-day tour of all the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) countries. The tour will…
Namibia viewed as an affordable destination
Windhoek-The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) says it is heartening and reassuring to see that some international travel experts view Namibia as a very affordable destination to travel to, which makes the country very competitive…
Tourism ministry investigates NTB
THE environment ministry is investigating the Namibia Tourism Board following negative media reports about millions of dollars lost in the Kora awards saga and thousands given to an unregistered company owned by the parastatal's chairperson.…
Rainmaker digital 360° virtual tours of Namibia attracts…
In December 2017, the unique rainmaker VISTA.360 virtual tours, powered by Google Street View Trusted, was viewed by more than 3 million people. This means that 3 million potential guests are focused on Namibia as…
Wildlife Resorts playing a leading role in facilitating…
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR),Managing Director, Zelna Hengari said that discussions that took place at a recently held workshop revealed that the company has taken a leading role in facilitating cross-border tourism products within the surrounding…
Ski on the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton…
Looking back in the rear-view mirror, the huge sand dunes stretch as far as the eye can see – their average height is around 200m, but one of them, known as “Big Daddy”, would loom…
Okombahe’s cultural village at centre of a controversy
SOME members of the Okombahe community in the Erongo region are at loggerheads with the traditional authority over the utilisation of the N$3,4 million cultural village sponsored by the Namibian-German Special Initiative Programme. The village…
Tourism to rake in N$26.4 billion by 2020
Windhoek-The Namibian hospitality industry is projected to inject N$26.4 billion in Namibian coffers by the year 2020 through tourism and other related value-added activities and services within the industry. That amount would be equal to…