The coastal towns of Walvis Bay and Lüderitz are expecting a boost to their economies, as around 20 000 tourists will visit the coastline. During the festive season, 22 cruise liners are expected to dock…
Shifeta cautions against littering over festive season
Windhoek-With many people travelling to various destinations for their holidays, the Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has cautioned against travellers littering. The festive season is usually characterised by littering that takes place from…
Tourist goes missing near Uis
A Senegalese tourist went missing at the Klein Brandberg mountains near Uis yesterday (Friday), and the police are still searching for him. On Friday morning, Mark Mokosho (37), who resides in America - drove alone…
Ghana-Namibia Association Launched
Ghana and Namibia, on Wednesday, launched a Friendship Association to help deepen ties between the two countries. The Namibian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Charles Josob, speaking at the launch of the Association, said…
NWR tops OPM Citizen Satisfaction Survey 2017
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is thrilled to have come out tops in the first-ever Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) Citizen Satisfaction Survey (CCS), carried out by the Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business at…
Tourism industry stakeholders eye a cleaner Namibia in…
For their new year resolution, key stakeholders in the local tourism industry have decided to focus on not only increasing awareness about waste management initiatives to ensure a cleaner Namibia. Stakeholders which include, the Eco…
Over 1.5 million tourists visited in 2016
Namibia as an international tourist destination recorded over 1.57 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2016, an increase of 3.6 percent from the 1.51 million arrivals in 2015. The information is contained in Namibia’s 2016 Tourist…
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…