The northern region of Inhambane province may be declared a special economic zone for tourism, a strategy to boost the attraction of more investments to stimulate the socio-economic and tourism development of this region of the country. According to Notícias online, the special economic zone should cover the districts of Vilankulo, Inhassoro, Govuro, Massinga and Mabote,...
LAM and FMA form working teams
Mozambique Airlines (LAM) is creating teams in different areas of the state company to work on the restructuring of the company, whose management has, since Tuesday, the support of the consultancy firm Fly Modern Ark (FMA). Since April 18, the management of our flagship company began to count on the support of a consultancy firm...
Planes banned from landing at Lisbon airport
The landings at Lisbon airport were suspended today for an hour, due to a 'drone' that endangered the safety of air navigation, having reopened operations with normality at 11:27, told Lusa NAV source. A drone endangered the safety of air navigation. For an hour were suspended the...
New LAM manager begins revitalization process today
Fly Modern Ark, the company hired to revitalize the national flag carrier, Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), starts its activities today. The set of actions to remove LAM from the current situation of insolvency, and a debt of 300 million dollars, will last six months. The international team that will be in...
Tour operators and artists interact with minister of culture tourism in Vilankulo
Close to 200 stakeholders in the sectors of culture and tourism, managers and owners of tourist establishments, musicians, dancers, dj's of Vilankulo, Inhambane province, held a dialogue with the Minister of Culture, Eldevina Materula. Musicians are asking for a sound system, recording studio, more events, and the operators and the Tourism Association are clamoring for the improvement of roads, roads to the...
Government to spend $250 million to create exclusive lane for public transport in Greater Maputo
Public passenger transport (chapas) will now circulate in an exclusive lane in the Greater Maputo region and, to this end, the government launched on Thursday the MOVE Maputo project, valued at US$250 million. The Maputo Metropolitan Agency (AMT) will implement the project which is financed by the World Bank, writes the daily Notícias....
Mozambique no longer requires vaccination certificate and covid-19 test upon entry into the country
The government has withdrawn the requirement for a vaccination certificate and a negative test for covid-19 for foreigners wishing to enter the country, as part of the easing of restrictions imposed by the pandemic and boosting tourism. The spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Filimão Suaze, also said that the rapid test for covid-19 will no longer be required...
Mozambique expects to receive more than 143,000 tourists during Easter
More than 143 thousand travelers, including nationals and foreigners, may cross the national borders during Easter week. Of this total, about 51 thousand will pass through the border of Ressano Garcia, Moamba district, Maputo province, the largest border post in the country, which in the same period last year, recorded a flow of 45 thousand travelers.
Mozambique and SADC member states align coordinated border management
Mozambique has just moved towards a coordinated border management with countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), as part of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), ratified in December last year. To this end, the country received yesterday, in Maputo, from the SADC Secretariat the...
Clarification about entry and exit of foreigners under 18 years old in Mozambique
Mozambique has recently established a new Legal Regime for Foreign Citizens, which establishes the norms for their Entry, Permanence and Exit from the Country. The measure adopted comprehensive rules to minors under 18 years of age. According to Ágata Chiconela, Head of the Legal Department of RSM, who advanced the information, this is a measure of the legislator...