Ebola rumours hit tourism in East Africa

>The tourism industry is facing a crisis following reports of cancellations by visitors from overseas that have been triggered by a combination of factors, including the fear of the deadly Ebola fever outbreak, The Citizen has learnt. Yesterday, the East African Community (EAC) outlined measures to counter the deadly Ebola disease in the region. The fear of Ebola fever, especially in East Africa—where no case has been detected so far—is driven mainly by the fact that people in...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

IPPmedia

26 Feb

Nyalandu calls for teamwork to boost tourism in East Africa

IPPmedia
Nyalandu calls for teamwork to boost tourism in East Africa
IPPmedia
Natural Resources and Tourism minister, Lazaro Nyalandu has urged East African Community partner states to honour timeline agreed upon in the just concluded meeting on tourism and wildlife sector. He made the remarks here when addressing the ...
More wildlife officials get the axe in TanzaniaeTurboNews
War on poachers to intensifyDaily News
Top Tanzanian wildlife officials removed over anti-poaching campaignSabahi...

 

5 years ago

Quartz Africa

10 Apr

Locusts set to hit Kenya, East Africa again, 400 times stronger

Locusts set to hit Kenya, East Africa again, 400 times stronger  Quartz AfricaView Full coverage on Google News

 

5 years ago

The Guardian

19 Feb

Locusts swarm into crisis-hit South Sudan as plague spreads across east Africa

Locusts swarm into crisis-hit South Sudan as plague spreads across east Africa  The GuardianLocust swarms: South Sudan latest to be hit by invasion  BBC NewsIn Pictures: Desert locusts swarm parts of East Africa  Al Jazeera AmericaSwarms of Locusts enter Otuke district  New Vision TVHuge Locust Outbreak in East Africa Reaches South Sudan  VOA NewsView Full coverage on Google News

 

9 years ago

Bongo5

28 Dec

East Africa Music Industry set to hit high note in 2016, but artistes need to work extra harder

Few years ago South Africa music industry was the most dominant in Africa but today it’s a different story, Nigerian music rules the airwaves.

This year alone East Africa Music Industry has produced thousands of Music Videos of different genres of music. Sales have more than tripled in the past years and industry stakeholders have projected that the region’s entertainment industry would hit one billion by 2020. It’s been an incredible growth.

Going back five to ten years ago, artistes...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Aug

Why Ebola has avoided East Africa so far, and others stories of disease

Just as the African story was beginning to sound interesting again, now that we were learning to forget the violence in Central African Republic and South Sudan, along comes Ebola and it spoils the party.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

EAC AT WORLD TRAVEL MARKET IN LONDON: East Africa is a Safe and Ebola Free Destination, EAC Tells WTM

The East African Community is show-casing the region’s tourism potential and marketing the five Partner States as a Single Tourist Destination at the ongoing World Travel Market in London, United Kingdom.
The five Partner States are being lead by Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers, Hon. Phyllis Kandie, who is also Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, while Hon. Jesca Eriyo, the EAC Deputy Secretary General (Productive and Social Sectors)...

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Zanzibar hit by tourism slump

Zanzibar's tourism industry has suffered a slump since two British women were victims of an acid attack in August.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

21 Dec

East Africa: Why All East Africans Are Looking Up to Magufuli

The Observer
East Africa: Why All East Africans Are Looking Up to Magufuli
AllAfrica.com
In the club of East Africa's Presidents, Tanzania's new leader John Pombe Magufuli is a lonely man. His peers threw their weight behind his electoral opponent, and when he won, they refused to even acknowledge him with routine congratulations. In ...
What would Magufuli do to attain sustainable energy access in Africa?The Observer (blog)

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Apr

Minister admits tourism hit hard by terror attacks

>International tourism dropped by seven per cent in the last one year due to terror attacks in Kenya.

 

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