The United States this Monday opened its air borders to fully vaccinated international travelers, welcoming tourists who have been out of the country for about 20 months. This is a clear relief for the tourist industry and families after the impediments caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Airline executives said that bookings increased...
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COP26: World Tourism Organization unites for the environment
The World Tourism Organization (WTO), present at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), launched yesterday the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism. The declaration assumes the sector's commitment to reduce its emissions by half in the next decade and reach the so desired carbon neutrality by 2050,...
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Indico voted Africa's Best In-flight Magazine
Índico, the in-flight magazine of the national aviation company, Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), was elected the "Best In-flight Magazine in Africa" by the World Travel Awards 2021. The magazine sponsored by Executive Mozambique is thus honored for the second consecutive time with the same annual mention. The General Director of LAM, João Pó Jorge, showed himself...
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CTA proposes definitive measures for frequent use of beaches
The Confederation of Mozambican Economic Associations (CTA) announced this Friday, in Maputo, a set of definitive measures that it considers feasible to be adopted by the Government to create a legislation that allows the rational, controlled and uninterrupted use of Mozambican beaches. And said that it will create an online control of vaccinated and unvaccinated employees...
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Elephants may never develop tusks due to civil war
The civil war also has implications for the animal world. According to a study on constant poaching, Elephants in Mozambique are at risk of never developing tusks again. A robust set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip the bark for food, and fight...
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Travel Awards 2021: Portugal collects 26 awards at the "Tourism Oscars
Portugal collected, this Friday, 26 awards at the 28th edition of the World Travel Awards, considered the "Oscars of Tourism", and highlight the Algarve, Azores and Madeira. According to the official note from the World Travel Awords, the Algarve was elected "Best Beach Destination in Europe"; the Azores were distinguished as "Leading Adventure Tourism Destination...
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Airfare prices are expected to rise due to fuel price hikes
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby predicts that the aviation industry will raise ticket costs due to rising prices for petroleum products. From his perspective, it is a cause-and-effect situation, as "higher aviation fuel prices lead to higher ticket prices." And also
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Private sector and partners seek strategies for tourism recovery
Massive vaccination against covid-19, promotion of domestic tourism, definition of a plan of measures for the use of beaches, permission for people without a PCR test to enter as long as they present a vaccination certificate, are some of the strategies put forward by the private sector for the rapid recovery of the tourism sector
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October 21, 2021October 22, 2021Featured, Interviews & Reports, Tourism
"We have to assume the bet on domestic tourism"
Globally and in Mozambique in particular, tourism was the sector that suffered the most from the impacts of the crisis caused by Covid-19. With the drastic reduction of the cases of Covid-19 and the gradual resumption of activities in the sector, a window of hope opens for the economic recovery of the sector that is by far...
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Private sector launches "Clean and Safe Beach" program
An initiative by Mozambican companies will transform the national beaches, to achieve what society expects most and does least, which is cleanliness and safety