Travel

VENTURES AFRICA – Known as the warm heart of Africa, Malawi offers pleasant scenery and incredibly friendly people. The picturesque Malawi is dominated by one of the most beautiful lakes in Africa, Lake Malawi, which is located in a stunning mountainous setting, surrounded by white sand beaches. Malawi also hosts national parks offering good opportunities [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – With its exceptional richness of the great work done for more than 10 years by hundreds of experts, scientists, and international environmentalists from Gabon in all areas of sustainable development and Climate Plan, the late President Omar Bongo Ondimba, then, wished to bring the eyes of the international community to Gabon. His [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria’s capital Abuja, and commercial city Lagos, have been rated as the second and fourth most expensive African cities respectively, according to an index by theEconomist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on 25 African cities just ahead of the Nigerian Summit 2013. The index scored Abuja’s cost of living to 107.4, with Luanda following [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – About 24, 000 United States tourists visited Rwanda, which has seen a major tourism boom after revenue from the sector and support industries firmed by 17 percent in 2012 compared to the previous contrasting year. Major tourist attractions in the east African country include the Congo Nile Trail, Lake Kivu, and mountain gorillas, [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – South Africa’s Tourism Minister is undertaking a tour of China to celebrate expanding tourism links between the two countries, fuelled by closer trade relations. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Tourism Minister of South Africa, is currently touring China making media appearances promoting bilateral tourism, acknowledging the increasing number of Chinese tourists flocking to South [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Mozambique, Malawi and Rwanda have been named among the top 10 world adventurous places for 2013 by Globe Spots, an international travel guide for tourists. Mozambique placed second, Rwanda ranked sixth while Malawi was rated as the ninth top destination to travel globally. Portugal was ranked number one while others on the [...]

Either by choice or circumstance, people find themselves relocating from one country to another. So often, we hear jaw-dropping statistics of xyz millions of Africans living and working in North America, with no faces to these stories. But beyond crossing the Atlantic Ocean for greener pasture, how is the situation with Africans crossing borders within [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Tanzania has been urged to capitalise on the forthcoming First Pan African Conference on Tourism to promote and market its attractive hotspots through the global participants expected to attend the event. According to United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General Dr. Taleb Rifai, “Tourism industry is the future of Tanzania’s economy [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Are you looking for an exciting and adventurous destination for your next vacation? Consider the new vacation hot spot of the African wild for your next getaway and discover the beauty, diversity, and adventures that are waiting to be discovered. Africa is becoming a premiere vacation destination for people from all over [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Tourism in Africa is now on the recovery process from the world economic recession and financial crisis of 2008 and 2010. However, tourism arrivals remain low compared to global averages. The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya says Africa receives 4.8 percent of the tourism [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Tourism is one of Kenya’s top exchange earner. This year, the Ministry of Tourism is expecting the sector to make 100 billion shillings ($1.2 billion) in revenue. The ministry has spent the better part of the year marketing Kenya to non traditional markets as it seeks to reduce its reliance on the [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Egypt’s tourism industry is starting to rebound after a difficult 2011 that saw revenues plummet 30 per cent. The country had 14.5 million tourists in 2010 but that plummeted to 10.6 million the next year due to the effects of the revolution. But now data suggests that the industry is heading for [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – This year, it is expected that 50 million people will spend their vacation in Africa. With the continent continuing to see an increase in tourism, even less fashionable countries such as Zimbabwe are benefitting from the phenomenon. As the African middle class grows, moreover, more Africans are taking the opportunity to travel [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Mauritian luxury hotel group, Sun Resorts has made a pre-tax loss for the first half of the year, with warnings of tough trading conditions which it blamed dwindling tourist arrivals from Europe and a strong rupee. As contained in a report by Reuters, the hotel group said that the strength of the rupee and [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Tourists into Zimbabwe increased by 18 percent to 346,299 in the first quarter of this year from the same period last year, on the back of a stabilising economy and political environment. The figures were revealed in a quarterly report by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA). The increase, with tourist numbers in [...]