When news filtered that Zimbabwe had won the bid to co-host the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly together with Zambia, I am one person who was so elated and said to myself, what a great opportunity to market Zimbabwe’s tourism brand! Zimbabwe had been declared the place to be, come 2013. [...]
TOURIST arrivals into Zimbabwe are expected to hit the 2.5 million mark this year due to increased confidence with arrivals peaking to the 1996 levels last year. Tourist arrivals slumped to record lows due to bad publicity on Zimbabwe by the Western media after Government’s successful land reform programme. However, the arrivals have picked up [...]
Zimbabwe, which recorded 5.9% economic growth last year, is inviting foreign investors to take part in its development. Its president Robert Mugabe said the country offered opportunities in agro-processing, mining, manufacturing, tourism, as well as infrastructure development in power generation and distribution, water supply, road network, rail linkages, air travel, telecommunications and information, and communications [...]
HARARE — Construction work will begin at Victoria Falls early next year on what promises to be a spectacular new Zimbabwe Test and ODI cricket ground after the local council granted planning approval. It will be the third Test arena in the country after Harare Sports Club and Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. These are [...]
H.E. Eng. W. Mzembi, the Minister of Tourism of Zimbabwe, announced today that their organization has become a founding member of the global destination alliance, the International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP). The minister stated at the recent International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) conference in Lusaka, Zambia, that his country is very enthusiastic [...]
TOURISM resort Singita Pamushana, on the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in south-eastern Zimbabwe, has been named Global Winner in the conservation category of the sixth annual World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The awards were announced on May 17 in Las Vegas during the WTTC’s annual Global Travel & Tourism Summit. Singita [...]
The long wait for prizes is finally over for Miss Zimbabwe pageant winners who were crowned four months ago. The beauty queens will receive their prizes tomorrow night at a ceremony to be held at Rainbow Towers Hotel. Miss Zimbabwe (Malaika Mushandu) is currently receiving a monthly allowance of $1 100 from Zimbabwe Tourism Authority [...]
AIR ZIMBABWE currently has only five operational aircraft – but the airline still employs 49 pilots, MPs heard on Monday. A staggering 280 engineers service one plane, the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development heard as the full extent of the problems bedevilling the struggling state-owned airline was revealed. Air Zimbabwe, with debts of [...]
ZIMBABWEAN music lovers are set to see out 2010 in style with former Destiny’s Child and multi-platinum solo artist, Kelly Rowland, planning a one-off show in Harare with American rapper Ludacris. Rowland, who turned up to support women journalists from around the world at a Beverly Hills event hosted by the International Women’s Media Foundation [...]
Two new private universities are on the cards in Zimbabwe, and the projects have been lauded by the government in a country facing a critical shortage of human capital in various sectors of the economy. There are currently seven public and four private universities in Zimbabwe. South Korea’s Africa Future Foundation has announced plans to [...]