The race to explore Zimbabwe’s world of wonders, host of this year’s annual Africa Travel Association (ATA) congress, has commenced with the official registration for the event by its members and others expected at the 37thcongress already in progress. The congress, scheduled for May 18 and 22 at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, is to be hosted [...]
Zimbabwe: THE National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe will soon launch the National Heritage Day to celebrate the country’s cultural history, achievements and heritage. Chief curator with the department, Mr Kundishora Tungamirayi Chipunza said celebrating such a day was one way of rallying cultural support and building the country’s cultural capital. “It is a day [...]
THE International Carnival of Victoria ended here on Sunday with Zimbabwe’s representative cultural group Hwamanda, receiving recognition for its thrilling performance. So spectacular was the performance that the group was voted the best cultural group among five African groups that performed. The Zimbabwe delegation, led by Minister of State in the Office of Vice President [...]
THE Patriotic Front (PF) Government has recorded notable successes in the tourism sector during its first 90 days of being in office. One of the major achievements over the last three months was when Zambia and Zimbabwe won a bid to co-host the 186 member United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly in 2013. [...]
Zambia: The Zambia Tourism Board has unveiled the new “Let’s Explore” Tourism Brand at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, United Kingdom. Speaking at the launch event held at Excel-London, last evening, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Zambia Professor Royson Mukwena called upon the international community to embrace the new brand and spread the good [...]
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. [...]
Zimbabwe: THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority is withdrawing five hotels from the Rainbow Tourism Group, as it moves to enhance its business thrust in line with its economic turnaround project. In an interview here yesterday, ZTA chief executive Mr Karikoga Kaseke, said ZTA was withdrawing Rainbow Towers and New Ambassador Hotel in Harare, Rainbow Bulawayo, Rainbow [...]
ZIMBABWE’S once vibrant tourism industry which had taken a snooze, should grow by 6,9 percent annually over the next decade, tourism industry analysts have said. Zimbabwe’s tourism industry earned about 13 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in 2010 and is expected to grow by an average 6,9 percent annually “over the next decade”, [...]
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 [...]
The tourism sector has been hard hit by challenges facing Air Zimbabwe amid concerns that it may not register the projected 6 percent growth due to a drastic decline in tourist arrivals to key resort areas, particularly Victoria Falls. The grounding of Air Zimbabwe planes recently, due to protracted labour disputes, has resulted in massive [...]