Five SA airports were ranked amongst the top 10 best in Africa with Cape Town International leading the way.

Israel will from Sunday allow entry to vaccinated visitors from low-risk countries, the health ministry said, five weeks after it shut its borders to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.

At the height of concerns over COVID-19 the UK government placed SA on a travel ban. Now, the tourism industry is counting its losses.

Australia has become the latest nation to lift its travel ban on South Africa, but there are plenty of caveats here…

Omicron has since been detected in more than two dozen countries, France announced a partial resumption of flights from South Africa

The City of Cape Town is hit by the sudden international travel ban but remains confident in enjoying a bright December tourism season.

“From Sunday, the whole of the Netherlands is effectively closed between 17:00 pm and 5:00 am,” Rutte told a televised press conference

The agency recommended “the temporary suspension of authorization to disembark in Brazil for foreign travellers […]”

The Suez Canal accounts for roughly 10% of global maritime trade and is a source of much-needed foreign currency for Egypt

AfriForum said it supported Quinton de Kock’s decision to stand up for his rights and the right to decide which initiatives to support.

Hong Kong’s business community has looked on with growing exasperation as rival finance hubs Singapore, Tokyo, London and New York reopen

Melbourne has followed Sydney’s lead in abandoning the strategy after failing to contain the highly infectious Delta variant

The latest agreement lets travellers buy one ticket to fly across each airline’s routes, connecting smaller SA towns with Ethiopia’s reach

“The court bemoaned the misconception that it (Afrikaans) is ‘the language of whites’ and ‘the language of the oppressor’ – John Steenhuisen

The KZN tourism industry is preparing for a busy summer holiday season after promising tourism numbers in the past few weeks.

With brands such as Trafalgar, Contiki, Uniworld, and Red Carnation, Stanley Tollman’s businesses pre-pandemic carried over 2 million travellers.

South Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and India are hard at work to revive their tourism economies by easing travel restrictions.

A new free weekly TV series that will be aired online twice a week offers aspiring entrepreneurs valuable business support.

This November, the US will lift Covid travel bans for all fully vaccinated travellers. Precautions will remain to avoid spreading the virus.

The UK’s red list – which imposes extremely strict limitations on travellers – still features South Africa. But things just aren’t adding up.

Durban welcomed 34500 visitors over the recent long weekend and is looking forward to a boost in tourism in the coming months.