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…
Deutschland streicht afrikanische Staaten von Virusvariantenliste
Aufatmen in den Tourismusregionen: Die Bundesregierung stuft nach F.A.Z.-Informationen kein afrikanisches Land mehr als besonders heiklen Herkunftsstaat ein. Zwei Länder in Lateinamerika bleiben aber auf der Liste. Riesenjubel in Afrika, Enttäuschung in Lateinamerika: Im Kampf…
Russia and Namibia go visa-free
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation issued a statement today, announcing that the agreement between Russia and Namibia on mutual abolition of entry visas goes into effect on August 2, 2021. “In…
Namibia: Restaurants, Lodges Fear Final Nail in Coffin
IT started with the announcement that there would be no eating out at restaurants - only on a takeaway basis. Now, one month later, many restaurant and lodge owners and managers are hanging on by…
Namibia cancels annual tourism expo as focus shifts…
The organisers of Namibia's annual Tourism Expo, Namibia Media Holdings (NMH), for the first time in 23 years announced the cancellation of the 2021 Tourism Expo, an executive said Thursday. The cancellation is in support…
Second quarter occupancy increases, but still miles away…
The second quarter of 2021 revealed a national average occupancy of just over 23%, higher than the all-time low occupancy of 4.5% seen during the same period last year, the Hospitality Association of Namibia announced…
Press Release: O&L Leisure
“The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in particular, and the commensurate mitigating measures taken by governments around the world whereby industry revenues collapsed, can be described as worse than the…
Erinnerungen, die wir bald wieder erleben können!
Es ist erst über ein Jahr her, aber es scheint bereits zu weit entfernt, um es festhalten zu können, um es zu sehen, zu riechen oder greifen zu können. Es ist vergraben tief unter dem…
Travel plans depend on vaccination brand
NOT all Covid-19 vaccines are equal when it comes to freedom to travel, as some countries only accept people who have been vaccinated with certain vaccines, and not brands such as AstraZeneca and Sinopharm. Several…
Neue Projekte unterstützen Tourismus
Namibias Sambesi-Region mit seiner subtropischen Vegetation, reichen Tierwelt und ländlichen Umgebung bietet Touristen ein unvergessliches Erlebnis. Zwei neue Entwicklungen werden dies noch verstärken – eine neue Brücke über den Sambesi-Fluss in der Nähe des Kasane-Grenzpostens,…
Tourists allowed to travel countrywide
International tourists in Namibia will be free to travel the country up to 15 July under the Covid-19 restrictions at this stage. This has been stated by the minister of environment, tourism and forestry, Pohamba…