“Good Tourism” news from Africa

Here you will find news about The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s Part­ners and friends in Africa — espe­cially their sus­tain­able tour­ism and/or respons­ible travel activ­it­ies — plus “Good news in tour­ism” and cov­er­age of Afric­an travel & tour­ism industry events to which “GT” is invited or oth­er­wise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.

Before Decem­ber 2019, “GT” would sum­mar­ise under-repor­ted news stor­ies or thought-pro­vok­ing fea­ture art­icles of rel­ev­ance to Africa by non-industry media. The sources were well-attrib­uted and linked. Any con­tent repub­lished in full was avail­able rights-free for that pur­pose from the likes of The Con­ver­sa­tion or the Thom­son Reu­ters Found­a­tion.

Africa needs “inclusive and green tourism growth”

June 17, 2017

Africa Tourism Monitor: Sustainable Tourism through Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technology

Afric­an coun­tries need to craft eco­nom­ic and trade policies that will foster inclus­ive and green tour­ism growth, accord­ing to the latest edi­tion of the Africa Tour­ism Mon­it­or. The report, sub­titled “Sus­tain­able Tour­ism through Innov­a­tion, Entre­pren­eur­ship, and Tech­no­logy” and dated Decem­ber 2016, has just been released by the Afric­an Devel­op­ment Bank (AfDB). It stresses why it […]

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Kenya tourist lodge shuts after land invasions, wildlife killings

June 7, 2017

Elephants fight in the Laikipia region of Kenya where Sosian lodge is located: Source: Sosian

A lodge owned by a murdered Brit­ish ranch­er in Kenya’s north­ern Laikipia region announced its clos­ure on Monday (June 5). This comes after the ranch prop­erty had been over­run by her­ders for months and ahead of August polls in which some politi­cians have made land reform a cam­paign issue. Tristan Voor­spuy, a Brit­ish army vet­er­an, was shot […]

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Can urban parks qualify as “ecotourism”?

June 2, 2017

Residents and public officials of Kigali, Rwanda planting grass and native trees to restore the Nyandungu wetland. Source: 'KT Press'

The cit­izens of Kigali, Rwanda will soon have des­ig­nated pub­lic grounds in which to rest, relax, and recre­ate, reports KT Press. Con­struc­tion of Rwanda’s first “eco­tour­ism park” is under­way on 134 hec­tares. The launch was part of Nation­al Envir­on­ment Week, May 27-June 5, 2017. The Nyandun­gu Eco­tour­ism Park pro­ject will cost RWF 2.4 bil­lion (~ USD […]

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Uganda looks to community-based tourism

May 24, 2017

Uganda looks to community-based tourism. Source: UTB

With pro­spect­ive trav­el­lers enquir­ing about Uganda fol­low­ing recent des­tin­a­tion pro­mo­tions, there is no bet­ter time to devel­op com­munity-based tour­ism than now, accord­ing to Timothy Mugume coun­try man­ager for a pan-Afric­an online travel agent. This is not only good for the tour­ism and ser­vices industry, but it will also see loc­al res­id­ents earn income as service […]

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Sustainability key to Namibia’s 10-year tourism strategy

May 20, 2017

Source: NTB website

Namibia’s Min­istry of Envir­on­ment & Tour­ism (MET) launched (or relaunched?) the Nation­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Growth & Devel­op­ment Strategy 2016 – 2026 and the Nation­al Tour­ism Invest­ment Pro­file and Pro­mo­tion Strategy 2016 – 2026 this week, accord­ing to reports based on Nam­i­bia Press Agency releases. The strategies address con­straints and the stra­tegic pos­i­tion­ing of tour­ism as a key eco­nom­ic and […]

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Price hikes for Rwandan gorilla treks inevitable

May 17, 2017

Mother and baby mountain gorillas, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Source: Wikimedia / Carine06

The Chief Tour­ism Officer at the Rwanda Devel­op­ment Board, Bel­ise Kariza, has copped a little bit of cri­ti­cism from com­ment­at­ors after attempt­ing to jus­ti­fy new high­er tar­iffs for moun­tain gor­illa trekking activ­it­ies. In a column Kariza wrote for The New Times, she states: “The primary object­ive of these revised tar­iffs is to ensure the long-term […]

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