The return of tourists to the level recorded before the covid-19 pandemic is not expected to happen "quite possibly" until 2024, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) predicted on Thursday. "Tourism-dependent economies in Africa have a positive outlook for developments, although the base is quite low, driven by the slowdown in...
The reopening of tourism, one of the sectors most affected by the new coronavirus, is giving hope back to operators, especially tour guides. Although the work of the guides is incipient, it has shown notable signs of growth in recent times, satisfying the interests of tourists from countries such as the United States of America, England, and Spain. Arlindo...
The Portuguese airline (TAP) is the safest company in Europe and is in the TOP 10 worldwide. The classification was awarded by the AirlineRatings website in January. "This distinction honors us greatly. We will continue to relentlessly position safety as a top priority," says TAP CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener. According to the...
An analysis by FlightAware revealed that more than four (4) thousand flights were canceled worldwide this Sunday (02), half of which were in the United States of America (USA) alone. The FlightAware.com website said that weather conditions and outbreaks of the omicron variant of covid-19 contributed to the reduction in travel spending....
Tour operators in Niassa Special Reserve cancelled all tourist reservations for the New Year's Eve party due to the outbreaks of terrorist attacks in Mecula district. According to the governor of Niassa, Judite Massengele, who was speaking last Wednesday in Lichinga, said that tour operators in the Niassa Special Reserve have cancelled activities for...
More than 64,000 jobs are at risk in Mozambique's tourism sector with the imminent fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic driven by the Ómicron variant. Still, despite a year marked by war in Cabo Delgado and the pandemic, the business sector believes that the non-worsening of the measures of...
The growing wave of infections by the new variant of the covid-19 omicron has created several uncertainties among travelers, and as a result, this Christmas weekend, airlines around the world saw more than 4,500 flights canceled. At least 2,401 flights were cancelled on Friday alone, which fell on Christmas Eve, and is typically...
The tourism sector in Mozambique may lose over 600 workers a time when the latest threats of the covid-19 pandemic are likely to accentuate the cancellation of lodging reservations due to the emergence of the new strain, omicron, according to the Confederation of Mozambican Economic Associations (CTA). The president of the...
Five tourist resorts closed their doors in Ponta do Ouro, Matutuíne district in Maputo province. At stake are the severe effects of covid-19 that dictated the closure of the beaches. The situation is disturbing the Association of Tour Operators of Ponta do Ouro that were expecting to receive many tourists in this...
Tour operators in Ponta do Ouro, in Maputo province, express their concern over the total absence of tourists in this region as a result of the ban on beaches decreed a few days ago by the government to contain the spread of the Ómicron variant. Abdul Adamo, president of the Association of Economic Operators of Ponta do Ouro says there are...