The Mexican government plans to launch its latest tourism campaign, called “Knocking at the Door,” to attract more Chinese tourists, the Tourism Ministry said on Sunday. The idea is to target countries with large tourism markets, such as China, and improve Mexico’s standing among global tourist destinations, Tourism Minister Miguel Torruco said in a press…
The Business and Intellectual Property Authority and stakeholders in the tourism sector are working on a project to embrace intellectual property strategies. The project produced a roadmap for the implementation of these strategies to benefit the tourism sector. The roadmap was produced at a meeting last week, which aimed at implementing adequate intellectual property (IP)…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Monday his country is safe for tourism and business after police rescued a kidnapped U.S tourist and her local tour guide on Sunday. Addressing a news conference in Kampala, police spokesperson said the kidnappers absconded but operations will continue. Fred Enanga, Uganda police spokesperson said “there are many armed groups…
Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has urged the business community to come up with viable interventions for optimising the role of tourism as an engine and catalyst for economic development and growth in Namibia. Speaking during a meeting on tourism organised by the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) in Windhoek yesterday, the…
Under a Memorandum of Understanding, signed earlier this month, the Namibia Tourism Board will have access to the considerable marketing network of Team Namibia, running joint campaigns and regularly pushing tourism board information to the Namibian and southern African regional market. The memorandum was signed by Bärbel Kirchner (left), representing Team Namibia, and Digo //Naobeb,…
Chinese tourists are now among those that frequently visit Namibia thanks to concerted engagements between the two countries coupled with the availability of easy access flights between Namibia and China, according to a Namibian tourism official. Speaking to Xinhua, Chief Executive Officer of the Namibian Tourism Board (NTB) Digu //Noabeb said there are now about…