The Governor of Gaza, Margarida Mapanzene, has no doubts about the gains that the province may have as a result of the airport in Chongoene inaugurated this Monday. According to Margarida Mapanzene, the infrastructure will boost tourism in the province. "Foreign tourists will no longer have to travel long distances to benefit from the tourist potential of the province," said the governor. E...
Ómicron: Mozambican businessmen in despair over flight ban
The Mozambican business community considers that the ban on flights to the country, following the identification of a new variant of the covid-19 virus in Southern Africa, is delaying the re-launch of tourism, which has been in a crisis since last year. According to the president of the Tourism Department of the Confederation of Tourism...
Travel Restrictions Due to New Variant of Covid-19 Shakes South African Tourism
Tour operators in South Africa consider unfair and hasty the decision of several countries to ban the entry of people coming from South Africa after the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus, since it could have a disastrous impact for the whole economy. According to Richard de la Rey, one of the tour operators...
Tourism revenues in Vilanculos dropped 83% in 2020
Tourism revenues in Vilanculos, Inhambane province, incidentally one of the country's top tourist destinations, fell by 83% in 2020 from the previous year due to the pandemic. The restrictions imposed by the pandemic impacted almost all of the 154 existing tour operators at this point. Going into detail, the president of the Association of...
NatGeo points out Mozambique as one of the "must-see" destinations in 2022
The team of editors of National Geographic (NatGeo) has elected, in its program "Best Travels in the World", the Chimanimani National Park in Mozambique as one of the top destinations to visit next year. At the end of each year, as a house tradition, NatGeo's editorial teams from around the world elect the best...
South Africa suspends air link with Maputo
The South African airline, South African Airways (SAA), announced on Friday that the lack of demand for its services to Maputo will lead to the suspension of the daily return link from Johannesburg to the Mozambican capital, from December 1. The SAA statement said that the level of demand for its services remains...
Government considers reopening beaches under a covid-19 prevention plan
The government announced this Friday that it is considering reopening the beaches, but this can only occur through the presentation of a specific plan by the leaders and/or presidents of the municipal councils where the resorts are located. According to the vice-minister of culture and tourism, Fredson Bacar, who was speaking at the end of the meeting held today in...
Vilankulo sells out its reserves due to the 2nd Crescendo Azul Conference
Reservations for accommodation in Vilankulo city, Inhambane province are already sold out due to the II Blue Crescendo Conference that starts this Thursday. According to the provincial government of Inhambane, due to lack of space to accommodate more tourists as well as the staff who will participate in the conference in the tourist city of...
Mozambique seeks tourism and cultural cooperation at Expo Dubai
Mozambique displays its artistic-cultural and tourism potentialities to attract foreign investors at the Dubai 2020 International Exhibition (Expo-Dubai) in the United Arab Emirates. The participation of Mozambique in the universal exhibition is headed by the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Eldevina Materula, where the event is seen as an opportunity for the country to display its artistic-cultural and tourism potentialities, "selling"...
Cruise Industry predicts success in 2022
After an unprecedented period for the entire world in 2020, in which everything did not move at its normal pace, even becoming stagnant, the cruise industry expects to return "in force" in 2022. The truth is that right at the beginning of 2020, the sectors demonstrated unsustainability, and efforts to reverse the...