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East African tourism still cracks

afrol News, 30 June - Several bottlenecks have continued to hinder the growth of tourism in East Africa, delegates to the First East African Investment Conference in Rwanda were told.

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Luanda most expensive city in the world

afrol News / Savana, 23 June - Angolan capital of Luanda is the most-expensive city in the world for expatriates ahead of Paris and London for second consecutive time, a survey by ECA International has revealed.

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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Charter flight to São Tomé to boost tourism

afrol News, 10 June - The first charter flight to São Tomé was launched yesterday, opening new avenues to boost tourism flows into the country.

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Seychelles
Travel - Leisure

Seychelles' Praslin in for beautification

afrol News, 3 June - Central authorities in Seychelles have taken the decision to privatise the planned "beautification works" on Praslin, the second tourist destination on the Indian Ocean archipelago. The company to be set up is to "undertake beautification, road and beach cleaning programme[s] on Praslin.

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South Africa
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SA tourism (still) booming

afrol News, 22 May - New statistics on South Africa's tourism sector released today reveal that revenues from accommodation so far this year has increased by over 30 percent. The South African tourism industry so far has believed this boom would last until the 2010 World Cup, but the current wave of xenophobic violence could bode for a sudden setback.

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» 15.05.2008 - "Tourism in Namibia set to soar"
» 21.12.2007 - Christmas tourists start choosing Africa
» 28.08.2007 - Gambia defends telecoms sale
» 04.06.2007 - Angola, Zimbabwe go for cultural tourism
» 27.03.2007 - Zimbabwean elephant kills 2 British tourists
» 09.03.2007 - Kenya's tourist coast attracts youths, sex workers
» 23.02.2007 - Mauritius expects euro 828m from tourism this year
» 25.01.2007 - Seychelles wants only slow tourism growth
» 16.01.2007 - Tanzania lures investors
» 04.01.2007 - Egypt again tops world travel list
» 02.01.2007 - Tourism sector tops Mozambique investments
» 19.12.2006 - Child sex booms with tourism in Kenya - UN
» 07.12.2006 - South Africa's tourist arrivals up by 8%
» 24.11.2006 - Charter plane captain hunts for cash in Senegal
» 23.11.2006 - Zimbabwe to gain back Western tourists
» 07.11.2006 - Africa tops tourism growth rates for 2006
» 01.11.2006 - Cape Verde tourism keeps booming
» 31.10.2006 - Algeria desert tourism finally recovering
» 09.10.2006 - Egypt eager to double tourist numbers
» 25.09.2006 - Angola starts making tourism revenues
» 20.06.2006 - Boom in US tourism to Egypt
» 05.06.2006 - Tourist arrivals up in Mauritius; disaster in Réunion
» 02.06.2006 - German, British airliners to fly on Cape Verde
» 05.05.2006 - Cape Verde tops list of new tourist destinations in UK
» 06.04.2006 - Also Indian Ocean tourists hit by chikungunya virus
» 30.03.2006 - Tourists asked to stop child prostitution
» 27.03.2006 - Malawi's only private airline to cease operations
» 24.03.2006 - Angola breaks its modest tourist record in 2005
» 07.03.2006 - Mosquitoes in Paradise: Chikungunya epidemic spreads
» 01.03.2006 - EasyYet first low-fare airliner to Morocco, Africa
» 09.02.2006 - "Mauritius may triple tourist arrivals"
» 06.02.2006 - North Africa travel cancellations after cartoons
» 30.11.2005 - Tourists welcomed to SA's "Cradle of Humankind"
» 31.10.2005 - Easier to get visas to Libya
» 25.07.2005 - "Tourists should not let Egypt down"
» 21.06.2005 - Cape Verde tourism growing 25% annually
» 19.04.2005 - Malawi's tourism efforts "in a shambles"
» 05.04.2005 - Sierra Leone considered safe travel destination
» 23.03.2005 - Tourism to Morocco keeps growing
» 16.03.2005 - TAP brings African destinations into global airline alliance
» 16.03.2005 - Airport for St Helena by 2010
» 11.03.2005 - Botswana tourism boycott campaign launched
» 03.01.2005 - How Kenya, Seychelles avoided tsunami disaster
» 16.12.2004 - Giant tourism project re-launched in Cape Verde
» 14.09.2004 - Namibia tourism sector facing major setback
» 02.09.2004 - Morocco confirms large growth in tourism
» 12.08.2004 - Uncertain future for Mauritius' tourism sector
» 10.08.2004 - Surge in tourism to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco
» 13.07.2004 - Egypt, Gambia this year's holiday winners in UK
» 06.07.2004 - Togo finally gets its first World Heritage site
» 06.07.2004 - South Africa's Cape Floral Region a "biologic sensation"
» 05.07.2004 - Mali's Tomb of Askia becomes world heritage
» 05.07.2004 - Mazagan, Morocco honoured as "outstanding"
» 21.06.2004 - High prices "harmful" for Seychelles tourism
» 20.06.2004 - Northern Mozambique becomes "charter" destination
» 28.04.2004 - Gambian child-sex tourism case rolled up
» 27.04.2004 - Zanzibar threatened with tourism boycott
» 20.04.2004 - New tourism projects queuing in Nigeria
» 02.04.2004 - Carnival to promote cultural tourism in Nigeria
» 03.03.2004 - Senegalese tourism industry warns of disaster
» 05.01.2004 - Focus on Egyptian airliner after crash
» 05.12.2003 - South Africa concludes National Tourism Conference
» 27.11.2003 - South Africans look into illegal lion breeding
» 21.11.2003 - Nigeria starts taking tourism sector seriously
» 10.11.2003 - Mauritius, Réunion rediscovered as tourism paradises
» 30.07.2003 - Seychelles seeks cheaper image
» 09.07.2003 - Morocco trusts in continued tourism
» 03.07.2003 - Ancient SA kingdom returns to honour
» 03.07.2003 - James Island Gambia's first world heritage site
» 02.07.2003 - New tourism gateway for Namibian park

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