COVID19 testing sited for tourists - Update 15 April 2021
St Helena flight pit-stops in Windhoek but locals…
The very first SA Airlink flight from Johannesburg to St Helena landed at Hosea Kutako International Airport on 16 October, to refuel for the second leg of its four-hour flight to reach the island. Initially,…
Visa-on-arrival better than blanket visa-free intra-African travel
Would an Africa in which Africans require no visas to travel boost prospects for intracontinental trade? The African Union (AU) and many of the continent’s economic organisations think so and want it to be a…
Market disruption is inevitable in the age of…
Airbnb has disrupted the local Namibian hospitality market, much like it did in other countries. It created a new market and proposition that did not previously exist. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with what they did.…
Shifeta demands community-elected conservancy committees
ENVIRONMENT and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has said any committee managing a conservancy without the mandate of the community is illegitimate and can therefore be prosecuted. Shifeta said this whilst addressing members of the Iipumbu…
Shifeta wants root causes of biodervesity loss addressed
WINDHOEK, 24 NOV (NAMPA) – There is a need to address the root causes of biodiversity loss, Minister of the Environment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta has said. Shifeta made these remarks at the occasion of…
Namibia makes moves to ensure up to date…
WINDHOEK, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism together with the country's statistics agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see the agency provide technical support in tourism statistics.…