The Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday the decree that classifies national airports in order to respond to traffic demand and ensure the management of national airspace. A Council of Ministers communiqué without details states that the measure aims to restructure these infrastructures in light of the International Civil Aviation Convention. O...
Ressano Garcia's border started to work 24 hours
The border of Ressano Garcia, in the district of Moamba, Maputo province, began this Wednesday to operate without interruptions, i.e. 24 hours, which only happened during the festive seasons or Easter. The measure will reduce the floods that have been registered in recent times as well as give fluidity to the transit of people and goods,...
Botswana to donate 1000 elephants to Mozambique
The President of the Republic of Botswana, Mokwesi Masisi, announced that he will increase from five hundred to one thousand, the number of elephants that he will allocate to Mozambique, for the repopulation of the conservation areas. The President of Botswana also said that with the offer he intends to increase the development of tourism in Mozambique and consequently increase revenues...
ANAC introduces more animals in the Zinave park to increase tourism
The Zinave National Park (PNZ), in Inhambane province, will receive about 160 new animals, according to assurances from the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC). These are 40 elephants, 75 giraffes and 45 rhinos (30 white and 15 black), to be translocated from Maputo National Park, Kruguer Park and...
World Bank advocates abolishing tourist visas in Mozambique
Mozambique should stop being like other countries and consider eliminating visa requirements for major tourist markets, according to the World Bank (WB). The institution refers to markets that do not represent significant threats to the country's security. In the WB perspective the adoption of such a measure would be an attraction factor...
Tivoli Hotels and Resorts opens a hotel in China for the first time
Tivoli Hotels & Resorts announces the recent opening of the Tivoli Chengdu in the Cultural Heritage Park, in the capital of the Sichuan province of Chengdu, China. This is the first Tivoli brand hotel in Asia, which the chain considers to be an "important milestone in its expansion strategy." The opening of Tivolu in...
Chimanimani Park may receive more than a thousand tourists this year
The Administrator of Chimanimani National Park, Lionel Macicame, said on Sunday (3) that more than a thousand tourists are expected this year in the park, in Manica province. The official was speaking at the official opening of the 2022 tourist season. "To meet the demand, the creation of a tourist camp in the community is planned for this month....
Portugal makes 8 million available for the "rescue" of Mozambique Island
The Portuguese Cooperation will provide from the fortnight of the current month, about eight million meticals, an amount intended to help in initiatives for the conservation of Mozambique Island, which was recently hit by the tropical cyclone Gombe. The information was provided yesterday, on the Island of Mozambique, by the Portuguese Ambassador to Mozambique,...
War in Ukraine threatens global tourism recovery
World Tourism Organization, WTO, says the tourism sector is still recovering after two years of pandemic, but the spreading war in Ukraine may make the scenario more complicated. The UN agency reports that the results for January 2022 show a significant improvement compared to the same period in...
Tourism flourishes in KaNyaka after relaxation of covid-19 prevention measures
The relief of the restrictions decreed for the prevention of Covid-19 is reviving tourism in KaNyaka, the island part of Maputo city. According to the councilman of that municipal district, Alexendre Muianga, this month the demand for tourist resorts increased significantly, compared to January and February. To the newspaper Notícias, that responsible points out that the majority...